Miark wrote:
>
> > I initially thought that Civileme's post was just a bit
> over the top. After
> > reading this, however, I think he was pretty-much spot-on.
> I suggest that if
> > Judith wants something more like Windows, she have a look
> at other OSs like
> > MacOS, OS/2 or BeOS. OS/2 is a single-user OS, and it has
> quite a few good
> > applications written for it (many of them ports from
> *nix). I used to run it
> > back in the Warp 3 days (around 1995).
> [rest snipped]
>
> I thought Civileme's post was brilliant. But regardless of
> whether she was a plant, she's abrasive, offensive, and
> utterly thankless to the Linux community as a whole.
> (Isolated "thank yous" on the list doesn't count.)
>
> The Linux community (and especially the Newbie Mandrake
> community) requires an attitude support, cooperation, and
> thankfulness. To miss on any of these three things just
> drags us down, and introduces FUD. We don't need that, and
> as Civileme did so skillfully, we need to set it straight
> when it creeps in.
>
> Bravo, Civileme.
>
> Miark
I second that. Good feedback from Civileme. Hang in there, you're doing
a great job.
Roman
Registered Linux User #179293
"su is not the root of your problem
but the start of a new journey"
