Frankly, I'm tired of this as well. The next time I see Will or Andrew get into a flame war or trade insults (usually with one another) I'll simply ban them for a month from the list. There is no room for debate on this, so don't argue the point or email me on- or off-list about it.
Move on, be good netizens on the list, be aware that any infraction may do, and thanks. -- Dustin Puryear President and Sr. Consultant Puryear Information Technology, LLC 225-706-8414 x112 http://www.puryear-it.com Author, "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ willhill wrote: > I dunno, you Windows people are thin skinned. I innocently did not know the > difference between Windows and DOS as far as embedded applications go and you > and Dustin got all steamed up. Dustin took me to task for it and you started > talking about woodies. These things always take my by surprise. > > Version name fights are laughable to me. Windows is the same old code base > with lots of hype for what would be considered point releases in the free > software world. You know this is true because each time someone finds a hole > in Windows code, it always traces back to as many previous version as are > cared about. The Linux kernel is the linux kernel, regardless of > distribution and version, GNU is GNU, Iceweasel is Firefox and so on and so > forth. Of the thousands of distributions, many have silly names based on Toy > Story or animals. It's strange that anyone would care about things like > that. > > Is there something else I said that might have motivated you write so much > about nothing? Was it my surprise that anyone would use M$ for embedded > applications or that I think it's a poor choice that does not work well? I > do not understand people's attachment to a megacorp like M$ or non free > software in general. > > My poor opinion of M$'s technical failures is not emotion driven and it's > common. I can share DOS and early Windows application experience with you, > and I can share personal experience with newer embedded networking problems > if you like. It was never very good and it's gone down hill thanks to > product activation and DRM. With free alternatives available for mundane > work, I don't know why anyone would chose anything else and GNU has indeed > taken the embedded world by storm. > > How does anyone form a bond with a company that's so hostile to it's > customers? It's like watching a battered wife. One minute they are filled > with hatred for their abuse, the next they figure they have no choice, get > all defensive, say nasty things and continue to invest in their bad > relationship. > > On Tuesday 16 September 2008, Andrew Baudouin wrote: >> Right.... I mean, if we can't talk about the silliness of Ubuntu and Debian >> distro names, then what can we talk about? > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > -- > This message was scanned by ESVA and is believed to be clean. > Click here to report this message as spam. > http://esva.puryear-it.com/cgi-bin/learn-msg.cgi?id= > > _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
