Okay, I agree. There's a problem. For some odd reason, this seems to float across LUG lists. I saw this happen to another LUG several months ago and they finally cleared up the problem. Let's see what we can do here.
First, I'm going to call out a few people. Will- You are a great resource. Everyone in the LUG appreciates your technical responses, your willingness to do the Clickers/BRLUG Newbie meetings, and your constant availability here. However, I think we all understand your viewpoints on Microsoft, and, frankly, most of us could care less to hear about them anymore. WE GET IT. You don't like Microsoft. Move on. Andrew- Dude, nice to have you onboard. You are relatively new here. However, every conversation you are involved in turns into bickering. I don't think you do this intentionally, but the way you phrase your arguments is borderline vitriolic, at best. If you want to stay on this list then keep your conversation technical from now on. Otherwise, I will remove you. John- One of my good personal friends, so everyone be aware that I'm being fair here. Dude, stop letting people bait you. That simple. Second, if I have to enable moderation on this list for a few weeks to help then I will. Keep the discussions technical. If anyone wants to discuss this further, then contact me off-list. If you complain on this list then I'll probably just remove you with nary a warning. --- Puryear Information Technology, LLC Baton Rouge, LA * 225-706-8414 http://www.puryear-it.com Author of "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" Download your free copy: http://www.puryear-it.com/bestpractices.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Melancon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <General at brlug.net> Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 8:13 AM Subject: [brlug-general] Downhill... Re: .NET is just another technology wasRe: Fox News column > 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 > >
