Dean Michael Berris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Let's say someone actually believes that Linux is for Losers. Would > you accept someone who idolizes some BSD guy call you a loser when > he sees you hacking on something really important (to you at least) > in Linux? Especially someone at least a decade your junior? I think > not. Or at least I won't.
Oy, dude, no age discrimination. ;) Someone at least a decade your senior can also dis you for all the wrong reasons. If people think I'm a loser 'cause I use Linux (more likely a psycho 'cause I use Emacs), well, their loss! They look at technology without seeing the context. Technology doesn't exist in a vacuum. Technology is created and used by people, and value is a personal concept. To flatly deny the value of something without even considering it is to close your mind to ideas you can borrow to improve whatever you're working on. Not only that, you come across as a stark raving lunatic, which turns other people off your cause. And you lose karma and mess up the signal-to-noise ratio, which gets you into people's killfiles. Speaking as a geek girl (although certainly not for _all_ geek girls), I find these my-technology-is-cooler-than-your-technology posts most resemble (ahem) a pissing contest. Totally uncool. (Except when it comes to Emacs. Emacs is the coolest thing on earth, sliced bread included. ;) Kidding.) Really, I don't know what it is with some people and the urge to have a One True Way. (Reminds me of Microsoft's address: One Microsoft Way. Really.) Free software isn't like that. Free software is about choice. -- Sacha Chua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - open source geekette http://sacha.free.net.ph/ - PGP Key ID: 0xE7FDF77C interests: emacs, gnu/linux, personal information management, CS ed sachac on irc.freenode.net#emacs . YM: sachachua83 _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
