[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I would've thought the list to be a place where enthusiastic Linux >users could defend (in a reasonable way) why Linux is fit to >replace Windows for a given task (after, all that's what evangelism >is all about right?). Instead, I get a don't-disparage-Linux-because- >we-say-so-and-you're-just-a-newbie-so-watch-your-mouth attitude. Well, some of us did give you a technical answer as far as we can go. The rest of finding it out why would be up to you. Doing otherwise is spoonfeeding - do you like someone masticate your food before giving it to you? This mailing list is not a court of opinion, nor a judge's sala. This is a Linux users' group. We cater to questions pertaining to the Linux OS, maybe post for advocacy issues. Some of us may vilify Windows for all its worth... well, some don't. Though we might address some issues regarding windows and integrating them to Linux systems, some of the people here are not akin to Windows advocacy, and we must respect them. The general rule is adjust your mindset to what is perceived to be the general climate in an environment - "In Rome, do what the Romans do." In PLUG, adjust to the language game played by PLUGgers. Heck, even animals adapt to their environment instead of being incredibly stubborn. The most important thing that a computer scientist must have, however, is proper confuct. Seems you don't have this quality. Be it that you're a Windows user or some other OS user you need this. Lack this - you don't deserve to be one. Or maybe you don't deserve anything at all. >The reason I called Eric Pareja an IDIOT was because he was flamebaiting me!!! One thing I learned from him is not to underestimate people, and I thank him for that. That is no sane excuse for saying anyone is an idiot. I'm not undermining your skill (heck I'm just a comsci student in UP, and I don't have an outstanding academic record of excellence), but you better know who you are saying "You're an IDIOT" to. You don't know him quite yet. I don't know him as well as the others do, though we've met a couple of times already. Even so, it doesn't give me the divine right of insulting anyone. >He seems to assume that anyone who likes Windows is >automatically a Microsoft zombie and does not deserve >to use free software. If this exclusivity and elitism >is the attitude of certain open-source advocates, then I >am not suprised why Microsoft would want to associate free >software with being anti-American or 'communist'. Well, I don't buy that idea. I still maintain that I highly prefer Linux over Windows. I see features in Linux that are far superior than what Microsoft has peddled in the market for the past so many years. But what I value now most is the freedom of choice. It simply isn't morally right to force other people to use Linux - we would be the same as Microsoft then. As I mentioned in a parallel post, we seek to educate people that they have a choice - we don't make the choice for them. Some people here in the mailing list may hold GNU/Linux in a different perspective akin to fanaticism, but I don't care - they're entitled to it. As the great Voltaire stated: "I may not like what you say, but I'll defend to the end the right for you to say it." I see nothing wrong using free software in a proprietary environment, though it would be far better if they'd use free software totally. Seems that there's a problem in the respect for dissenting ideas. >Perhaps the list should be called Philippine Linux >FANATICS Group instead? Baahh... No need. Initially made fun of your post simply because it didn't work in my case, nor with others I know. You're just very lucky to have a very robust setup of Windows, for experiences of many others prove otherwise. As I've said, be tactful and respect the views of other people here in the mailing list. Not all people hold the same views, but when that firey post came out, it should've reckoned to your brain that "oops... I better stop". Only fools fight in a burning house. It's best to be sensitive to them - don't fan the flames. You presented the technical merits of your argument, but then you made a big mistake of deriding people here in the mailing list. Paolo Falcone __________________________________ www.edsamail.com _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
