BTW, my suggestion is that you don't respond to one another (directly or indirectly via reference or implication). This is tiring, sorry.
-- 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/ Dustin Puryear wrote: > 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 > > -- > 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
