David,
Your 2 cents are right on the money! Thank you.
--
Mark
I love my Linux Box...
REASON # 2 ...X-windows is just a suedonym.
Registered Linux user # 1299563
On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, David Lawrence wrote:
> The clown is William Shatner, the 'convention' that he said "get a life"
> in was a Saturday Night Live skit with Chris Farley.
>
> I don't mean to speak out of turn here but it really seems that a hostile
> slant has been placed on a bunch of folks who were disinterested in the
> 'Linux Lifestyle'. The fact that they can compile something for a Windows
> platform somewhat indicates that they can do the same for a unix platform;
> they just don't want to.
>
> Just my 2 cents,
>
>
> David Lawrence
>
> On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, Ed Tharp wrote:
>
> > wasn't it the clown who played Kirk (I forget his real name just now )
> > who said at a stra trek convention "GET A LIFE"
> >
> > F. E. Schaper wrote:
> > >
> > > Tell the Star Trek freaks to move out of the basement, take off the ears,
> > > stop trying to learn to speak Klingon and join the rest of us in a nice
> > > place called: "Reality"....
> > >
> > > Better yet, don't....we don't need those clowns infecting the gene pool.
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: John Arkoulis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Cc: VanLUG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 3:39 AM
> > > Subject: [newbie] Re: Fw: Linux
> > >
> > > > A couple of days ago I was surfing on the net and went on a Star Trek
> > > site. I
> > > > liked what they had and out of good faith I sent them the message << lets
> > > port
> > > > it to Linux>>
> > > > I thought that the Linux community had an attitude but I was wrong.
> > > > This is the answer that I received.
> > > > Now what would you answer to them??/
> > > > I really do not like people that are that sarcastic especially to someone
> > > that
> > > > they do not know.
> > > > I would appreciate any ideas!!!
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, also sprach: > -----
> > > > Original Message ----- > From: Richard Sliwa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To:
> > > John
> > > > Arkoulis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 1:46
> > > PM >
> > > > Subject: Re: Linux >
> > > > >
> > > > > > At 13:31 26/06/00 -0700, you wrote:
> > > > > > >Come on guys. Lets port these great stuff over to Linux.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > To which particular flavour of Linux desktop environment do you want
> > > us to
> > > > > > port?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > And just what "stuff" is it you want us to port? The only material on
> > > our
> > > > > > site which isn't directly relevant to Linux are the startup screens
> > > and
> > > > > > desktop themes which are irrelevant anyway.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Anyway, why should *we* port it? We're part of the Windows online
> > > > > community
> > > > > > (despite the fact that our server is actually running on Linux -
> > > Windoze
> > > > > > just isn't up to it!), why can't the online Linux community do
> > > something
> > > > > > about it? After all, linux is meant to be the single largest
> > > collaborative
> > > > > > project going, isn't it?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > And isn't Linux all about tinkering away oneself - why would any Linux
> > > > > user
> > > > > > want to rely on all our pre-compiled suff?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Richard Sliwa
> > > > > > Star Trek in Sound and Vision http://www.STinSV.com
> > > > > > Boldly Going Where No Web Site Has Ever Gone Before
> > > > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Windoze is a virus with a user interface.
> > > > This message was created with Linux
> > > >
> > > >
> >
>
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