Let's not forget that the Linux kernel started off with a flamewar between Linus and Tanenbaum on comp.os.minix :0)
One problem might be that the messages posted to the group are mostly anti_-MS and about whatever new spyware or IE exploit has been found, rather than actual discussion of linux. (That's because Linux people are more rabidly anti-MS then they are pro-Linux) :) Andrew Adam Melancon wrote: >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 > >_______________________________________________ >General mailing list >General at brlug.net >http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://brlug.net/pipermail/general_brlug.net/attachments/20051014/25e77dc7/attachment.htm
