mlw wrote:
> My my my how the "new breed" of COLA residents suck.
>
> about 8 to 10 years ago, COLA was kind of fun. We had the trolls, but even
> the trolls had something to offer. The Linux supporters discussed Linux,
> pros, cons, attributes, failures, and swapped advice on how to accomplish
> something, or rarely, lament something that couldn't yet be done on Linux.
>
> There are still some old-timers on this group who remember. It was fun. It
> was informative. Now what is it?
>
> (1) It is spammed regularly with news articles.
>
> (2) It allows no honest discussion, dare say you have problems with Linux,
> and you are labeled a troll and dismissed regardless of actual content of
> your statement.
>
> (3) The wintrolls are starting to sound more reasonable than the supposed
> Linux supporters.
>
> (4) The whole notion of discussion with facts is gone. It is almost
> impossible to make a post without someone ignoring the technical context
> of the discussion and starting a flame war of opinion.
>
>
> How many of you supposed "Linux supporters" can say this:
>
> I have a couple GPL projects available to the general public.
> I have contributed money and time to open source projects like PHP,
> PostgreSQL, and others.
> I have set up multiple web systems (racks at a colo) for clients, on the
> order of 10 (usually many more) computers per system, with load balancing,
> web services, databases, etc. all using open source.
> I have worked on open source software for a number of billion dollar
> companies.
> I have been using Linux, almost exclusively, since 1995/1996
> In the last 10 years, I have made my living almost exclusively working on
> Linux and FreeBSD. (Some windows and mac as needed)
>
> So, if you are thinking of labeling me a "wintroll," you are, of course,
> free to hold any opinion you like, but you would be a fool.
And you've done a horrible job of advocating for linux....
PLONK!
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Jerry McBride
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