Boy... this mailing list (like everything else on the internet) is heading downhill fast. The constant bickering EVERYWHERE is getting sickening. Every time I turn on the TV, it's people arguing. Every time I turn on talk radio, it's people arguing. Every time I look at a message board, it's people arguing. Now it seems like every email thread that gets started on this list is people arguing. I'm sick of it.
Is there no place anywhere that involves any type of media where people don't instantly turn into a-holes. John, this is not directed at you, or any particular person, but at a common theme that has nested itself deep into the thought and action process associated with those on the internet these days. I'm not saying that this particular thread has gone there...yet, but that is how most of the discussions end up on this list, and on most lists these days. I hate to be one of those that send an email to say it, but I really think this might be my last day as a brlug mailing list subscriber. There is too much negativity in the world today as it is, and I don't need it being delivered into my inbox on a daily basis. Congratulations to those on the list who got what they wanted and ran more people off by shoveling negativity and a barrage of attacks and insults consistently into what could be a good platform for support, guidance and open (positive) discussion. On 10/14/05, John Hebert <metanoid at gmail.com> wrote: > On 10/13/05, Andrew Baudouin <andrewmb at gmail.com> wrote: > > And you say that as a .Net programmer~!?!?!?!? > I say that as a paid programmer; I go where the $ is. Are you > suggesting that I should support Microsoft for some other reason than > for technological merit? > > Sure, .NET is nice; huge library, Intellisense, etc., but dang, the > dev environment is a bloated beast compared to the elegance of Ruby on > Rails, for example. And Vista requires 4GB+ of disk space. Sheesh! How > much more proof do you need that Microsoft is anchored to the desktop? > Kudos to Google for outsmarting Microsoft in the web services area. > Google's APIs don't require me to use a specific platform, btw. > > Let Microsoft compete just like any other IT company or organization. > If a bunch of unwashed hackers and geeks give Microsoft nightmares > because they choose to share the fruit of their efforts in order to > get back more than they gave, then Microsoft is doing something wrong. > > Finally, I'd like to point out that the difference between you sharing > your knowledge on this mailing list and open source geeks sharing > source code is merely syntactical. If you really believed that sharing > is bad, then shouldn't you shut up? > > John > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > -- Adam Melancon "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction." --Albert Einstein
