On Apr 13, 2000 at 19:42, Dinesh Shah wrote, presumably to Bombay Times,
and then forwarded to us:
>> We are the group of Linux enthusiasts, who use Linux OS for
>> every day use. Here is a some of the responses in our
>> mailing list regarding your article with my comments which
>> will give you some facts.
If you haven't sent this already, stop now. Let's get all the responses
in.
If you have...
Why didn't you ask us first, before quoting??
>> Linux kernel (heart of Linux Operating System) is developed
>> Mr. Linus Torvalds. Most of the other utilities bundled in a
IIRC it's now Dr. Linus Torvalds. That o either has a slash through it,
or two dots over it.
>> distributions like - RedHat, SuSE, Caldera, Mandrake, Turbo
>> Linux and likes of "Aryabhatt Linux" is developed by Free Software
>> Foundation and freelance programers and Linux users world
>> wide.
Not strictly accurate. No need to mention FSF as primary, I'd suggest
"... is developed by the likes of Red Hat and the FSF, along with a lot of
contribution by [freelancers et al]..."
>> "G.Sagar" wrote:
For goodness' sake, be careful. G.Sagar's statements could well be
considered slander or some such if they were printed in BT. IANAL, YMMV.
>> Our community (Linux Users) kind of looks down on so called
>> other companies' certified professionals, as its been proved
While this is good to explain if you *do* quote G.Sagar...
>> time and again that their knowledge and skills are half
>> baked at its best. Though in Linux world knowledge and
...this can be considered libelous (again, IANAL). RH is american. We know
how sue-happy the americans are.
>> Linux and Networking are kind of inseparable. Linux is
>> designed to be an OS with strong networking background as it
>> is born and brought up on the internet. For any reasonable
>> Linux user its comes quite natural to configure networks as
>> easely as writing this email.
This is *good*. Bravo! That's the kind of thing we need in the next press
release.
One might consider doing a press release over this Aryabhatt incident. I
can see it now: "ILUG-Bombay up in arms!", "Linux Users a force to be
reckoned with!", "'Down with Windows!' says Linux Longhair", "Microsoft to
sue..." er, I'll stop there.
[more good stuff snipped]
>> true preemptive multitasking capability without spending a fortune
>> on expensive hardware and software (Linux is absolutely FREE OS which
>> you can download from the internet with source codes) which other OSs
I'd suggest not stressing the "free" bit quite so much.
>> requires. One can use the this feature of Linux even on a old Intel 80386
>> computer with just 8 MB of memory.
>> Can any one even imagine of using any other OS on such machine?
Well... FreeBSD? *duck*
>> In the past magazines like PSQuest, ChipCD and others have distributed
^^ eek! :)
>> See what happens when ones one depth of knowledge and skill
>> is exposed and challenged!!
Heehee!
>> > On a serious note, i hope this blatent plagiarism (yes, thats what i'd like
>> > to call it) is not detrimental to the growth of linux. And im really
[snippy]
>> What he means here by plagiarism is that it should not be called an
Er, don't tell us what he means. He meant what he said.
>> Operating System but a distribution of Linux. It not only harms your
>> repuation as publication but the repuation of country as whole.
Goody, suck up to them. It helps.
>> > Sagar.
>> >
>> > P.S: Pls feel free to forward this mail to the concerned BT staffer !!
>>
>> I am just fulfilling the wish of my fellow Linuxers.
Okay, he said it. But not me.
>> > > Satya. http://satyaonline.cjb.net/
I don't mind that you quoted me, but you really should have asked first.
We could have put things in a better+different way. Sagar, you've come off
as an Angry Penguin, I'm afraid :)
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