[SLL] Actual Mainstream Criticism rather than just in the family here...

[Mr.Scrooge]

I love a nice civilized disscusion. I must have missed something,but many linux users do not
realize that many people are not aware there is a choice. "There is something other than Windows?"
is a question i hear alot.
--- Glenn Stone <technoshaman at liawol.org> wrote:

> 
> All right.  I've been skipping this thread for lack of content, but this      
> goes too far.  I don't have any more authority than the next guy, but I'll    
> just say that IMNASHO ad hominem and throwing of loaded words, particularly   
> scatology, doesn't belong on a civilized list.  Should it continue, I for     
> one will be making a modification to procmail, and that'll be the last I'll   
> see of either of you, list moderator or no.                                   
>                                                                               
> -- Glenn, ticked.                                                             
> "... never do business with you again, not for shoelaces or a stick of gum."  
>         -- Otis Boyd "Red" Redding, "Shawshank" 
> 
> On Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 04:09:49PM -0800, Xeno Campanoli wrote:
> >Rob Smith wrote:
> >> On Dec 19, 2007 6:50 PM, Xeno Campanoli <xcampanoli at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >It sounds to me like you're just rabidly against Quality Assurance as a
> >process.  That's a lousy excuse to be involved in open source software.
> > If you really believe all that, then Microsoft is the true refuge for
> >you.  Open Source people want quality software that optimally serves its
> >user community, not a bloody sandbox where incompetent engineers can
> >hide their turds.
> >
> >> The whole world already has it, sitting there on the web for anyone
> >> who wants it to grab it.
> >> 
> >> The idea that the world needs it beyond what it has already is more
> >> fanaticism then anything else. Attempting to force people who really
> >> don't want or care only serves to dilute the entire idea behind it. We
> >> need people who believe in their own freedom and will offer it to
> >> others as they seek it out, but we don't need people who try to force
> >> freedom on other people. When they want it, they'll seek it out. It's
> >> not like it's a small movement anymore.
> >> 
> >
> >-- 
> >The only sustainable organizing methods focus not on scale,
> >but on good design of the functional unit,
> >not on winning battles, but on preservation.
> >
> 



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