Yeah, that was supposed to go directly to Ben... ;)
On Fri, 2002-08-09 at 23:33, Ben Boulanger wrote: > Rather than dilute this thread worse, I thought I'd send you a personal > email on this letting you know that I completely agree with your > statements here. This was the heart of my objection to the microsoft > security issue and here it is again, not even one week later. I'm glad > I'm not the only person who's encountered this reaction. It seems like > many of the people I've voiced this opinion to simply disregard it as > 'typical of windows users'. > > Ben > > On Fri, 2002-08-09 at 23:22, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Fri, 9 Aug 2002, at 3:24pm, Ed Lawson wrote: > > > It is of course with some trepidation that I respond, but upon reading my > > > post I am unable to discern what language therein could lead a person to > > > reasonably conclude that I have espoused or acted in a manner which > > > suggests "Debian is God's Gift to Linux". Or even that it is better to > > > anything else. > > > > Well, first of all, let me say that I interpreted the phrase "Another > > reason to like Debian" to include "... as compared to other Linux > > distributions". I may well have been reading too much into that; you could > > have meant "... as compared to MS-Windows", or even without comparison. If > > so, I wish to apologize sincerely, for launching a rant in your general > > direction which you in no way deserved. > > > > That being said, for people wondering what type of crack I'm smoking: I'm > > not telling. ;-) However, the reason I wrote that rant was exactly the > > reason Paul Iadonisi gave in his reply to Ed's reply. A disproportionate > > number of Debian users carry an air of elitism which I consider harmful. > > They do themselves, the Debian community, the Linux community, and everyone > > else who might be interested in Linux, a disservice. In my mind, elitism is > > not much better than FUD. I have seen what that sort of distribution > > elitism does in other forums, and it is not pretty. > > > > Worse still, I have seen the negative reaction "general Linux elitism" > > gets in Microsoft forums, and it is quite possibly the biggest threat to the > > continued success of Linux in the mainstream world. Microsoft we can > > handle, given time. However, if we cause people to turn away due to an > > internal attitude problem, Microsoft has naught to worry about. > > > > "We have seen the enemy, and he is us." > > > > -- > > Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | > > | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | > > | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
