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From: Harry Putnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Michael Talbot-Wilson wrote:
> I am sorry you don't support the position stated by Manfred, and
> accuse him of joking.
Sorry, it sounded so damned pompous and silly I thought it might be a
joke...
But in retrospect, at least Manfred did extrapolate a clear point unlike
your post that goes to ridiculous lengths to distort my mild comments.
> A lot of people have put a lot of effort, ability and time into
> creating Linux. They have made fools of themselves if Linux is
> going to fracture into a myriad of incompatible operating systems.
> They didn't do it for that. They won't continue to do it for that.
Whoa dude, its not the end of the world, to recognize the fact that
there are
different disributions, that act differently. Nor is it tantamount to
advocating Anarchy. Maybe you should step down off the high horse for a
bit.
> Those who encourage internecine rivalry and dispute within the Linux
> camp are enemies of Linux, masquerading as friends. You, Harry, are
> a little too pleased with yourself in seeking to magnify regrettable
> differences.
Encourage... Seeking to magnify? ... If you see all that in my
comments, you have quite an imagination.
> > Of course it makes sense to announce what you are running when asking
> > questions. In fact, most posts don't have enough of that kind of
> > info.
>
All the noise about what great assistance is being lost by including
info about what you are running. Not buying that bull either. It is
just plain sensible to do so. If that gets a post ignored then it
becomes a bit hard to see how big of help was really there to start
with. Also, I seriously doubt there are many experienced linux users
who would feel compelled to ignore posts that included info about the
distribution. And certainly even fewer who would consider it somekind
of menacing act.
> What happened to your recent concern for "people who may only have a
> little experience"? You now require them to install mail filters,
> and find it a joy to give them poor advice.
Well, you had to do a tripple gainer and two back flips to get that out
of my post I hope you don't hurt yourself on this one.
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Harry Putnam [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Running SCO OpenServer 5.0.4
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