On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 23:26:43 -0500, Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 03:00:31 GMT, Sinister Midget wrote:
>
>> Ewik is "reasonable" so long as he doesn't see a direct threat to his
>> monopolist masters. Roy's posts provide real evidence that all is not
>> well in Winders World, or, in most cases, that the competition is
>> faring much better (usually without trying a quarter as hard). That
>> news is a threat Erik has to try to destroy, whether through the
>> typical FUD (which no longer works), lies (which no longer work) or
>> character destruction (which, so far, hasn't worked).
>
> I don't see Roy as any kind of threat, other than the self-absorbed morals
> don't apply to him variety.
Then why make such a fuss over him?
>
> I wouldn't have a problem with his posts if he:
>
> a) Stopped posting his stories with untrue or highly distorted subject
> lines.
His opinion is as valid as yours, is it not? If you dispute the facts of
what he posts, fine. That's your prerogative.
> b) Didn't post things like years old howto's as "news".
Funny thing, that - you didn't give a shit till Larry mentioned that.
Which Roy's only done a few times anyway, and which he apologised for when
it was pointed out to him politely.
> c) Didn't post the same story multiple times (even though they're from
> different sources, just the same syndicated story. Example:
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/2e5afa88fa8db1cb
> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/c916df55e127b56c
>
> Those are the identical story. Both syndicated from Business 2.0.
Big deal.
>
> d) Didn't use the group as his personal traffic generator for his web
> site to drive revenue. 36 references to his own blog:
>
> http://groups.google.com/groups/search?hl=en&q=%22www.schestowitz.com%22+group%3Acomp.os.linux.advocacy+author%3ARoy+author%3ASchestowitz
>
Oh, please. Why should you care? And how much do you suppose he's making?
I bet it's not a fortune.
> e) Didn't pretend that every little feature someone talks about in Linux
> (or Open Source) is unique and doesn't exist in other OS's. Example:
> Apache Saves Bandwidth in which he not only implies that IIS can't
> compress html but that IE doesn't support (both are untrue).
First you have to priove he's deliberately lying, and not merely
oversealous in his judgements, or mistaken in his opinions, or simply
misinformed.
>
> If he didn't do any of those things, I wouldn't have a beef with him,
> though I would still be annoyed by the sheer volume of crap he spews into
> the newsgroup. 320 messages a week.
Two easy remedies exist for your 'problem. Killfile Roy or his NEWS posts,
or both. Or leave the group. I don't see that you have any right to object
ot how often he posts, or indeed what. He's posting advocacy. You seem to
dislike that.
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Kier
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