On Thursday 27 February 2003 08:27 am, Ernie Schroder wrote: > On Thursday 27 February 2003 02:53, Counter Fraud-Group \(Malcolm > > Gardner\) wrote: > > I hope none of you suffer the loss of a child. It fills you with > > unimaginable levels of grief and leaves you confused and > > disorientated. Those of you offered support and help, again I thank > > you. > > Malcolm > > Malcolm,
[ snips ] > I do understand your loss, > I read your orriginal post and was moved by it, but I too am a cynic. > You must understand that we as Linux users are used to less than honest > tactics initiated by certain other OS companies and groups sympathetic > to them, that are designed to undermine faith in the security of the > Linux OS. The fact that you own a company who's business seems to be > computer security does raise flags. > Forgive the geeks, they know not what they say. I've heard this tired old addage about massive hordes having it in for linux ever since I've been corresponding on linux groups, and I've yet to ever experience anything but paranoia. The "other OS company" that has it in for linux takes a much more direct route. One of my first experiences on the Caldera users group (the original form of linux-users) was a vicious attack because I dared to post a question that exposed my ignorance of PC hardware. At the time, I really didn't understand the difference between a PCI card and an ISA card, and I confused the terms in my plea for help with my modem. Out came even more vitriol than in this case. After I let the author of the vitriol know (off list) just what I though of his opinions, things improved. Ernie, I have a great deal of respect for you otherwise, but if your cinicism leads you to impute impure motives to someone who is just asking for help, I can only honestly say, that sucks! I'll not belabor the point any further, but I believe that we should help first and be suspicious later. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area Athlon-XP gentoo 1.4_rc2 kde 3.1 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
