The [H]omer award for COLA Advocate of the Week:
Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjarnason@xxxxxxxxxxx>
(Defining the goals of Linux and its users)
.----
| Linux isn't about trying to outdo Windows; fundamentally, it simply
| doesn't care about Windows. Linux is about a community. It's about
| sharing - code, testing, ideas, documentation, whatever - for the
| benefit of all its users.
|
| You really have to get out of this commercial mindset in order to
| really "get" Linux. I tell people about it, the first question most
| ask is "If it's free, how do they make money off it?"
|
| That's just it; it's not about money. Nor about taking over the
| world. Nor even about getting rid of Windows, or even just "beating"
| Windows. If you insist upon examining it as a competition, or in
| terms of money, you'll never get it.
|
| It's about community. It's about sharing. It's about making things
| better for all the users. It's about enhancing things to work better
| for yourself, but also sharing those enhancements with others,
| knowing they, too, will benefit. It's about reaping the same sort of
| benefits from others. It's a community, sharing for the betterment
| of all.
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ngstats.pl version 1.22
Written by Roy Culley.
Contributions from Mark Kent.
Modifications by [H]omer, 2007.
This report covers 2230 articles received by this system to
newsgroup comp.os.linux.advocacy [1]
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Toplist of Posters
Pos Poster Msgs Bytes Quoted
1. Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 404 732099 21%
2. Linonut <linonut@xxxxxxxx> 112 95023 62%
3. DooFuS - Moronic Fascist 95 113832 61%
4. Maverick <Sun@xxxxxxxxx> 92 143832 80%
5. [H]omer <spam@xxxxxxx> 89 125603 42%
6. Tim 'Funkenbusch Wannabee' Smith 69 64103 40%
7. Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx> 68 757467 8%
8. Kier <vallon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 67 122802 72%
9. The Ghost In The Machine <ewill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 66 156344 56%
10. Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjarnason@xxxxxxxxxxx> 57 117068 38%
11. flyer <flyer@xxxxxxxxx> 49 51336 54%
Ewik FUDenbusch 49 62246 56%
13. 7 <website_has_email@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 48 56962 57%
14. chrisv <chrisv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 47 23075 71%
15. amicus_curious - TROLL 40 75804 51%
16. AB <fardblossom@xxxxxxxxx> 39 49135 55%
17. Rick <none@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 37 51158 82%
18. ed <ed@xxxxxxxxxxx> 34 41673 73%
19. thad01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 33 44359 33%
20. Jim Richardson <warlock@xxxxxxxxxx> 31 50280 71%
21. John Locke <johnlocke98513@xxxxxxxxxxx> 29 17503 49%
22. John Bailo <jabailo@xxxxxxxxxx> 26 9583 45%
Doug Mentohl <doug_mentohl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 26 35949 2%
24. Larry 'Msg-ID Larry' Qualig - MS Puppet 23 50128 70%
Robert Newson <ReapNewsB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 23 32746 47%
yttrx <yttrx@xxxxxxxxx> 23 33895 80%
27. Gregory Shearman <ZekeGregory@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 21 25872 74%
28. Scottish Mike - IDIOT 19 15159 85%
29. cc - Shifty MS Apologist 18 76356 71%
William Poaster <wp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 18 22320 75%
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Toplist of Subjects
Pos Subject Msgs Bytes
1. I'm So Tired of Spam. 96 101502
2. Groklaw subpoenaed .. 60 102942
3. Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch) released 59 67225
4. [Roy Schestowitz Lies Again] Company Dumps .NET So 52 82066
5. Linux interest in the UK: disappointing and very l 51 118883
6. If Google Docs and Spreadsheets beats Microsoft Wo 48 45733
7. Linux/OSS: "sounds like a complete disaster" 41 157173
8. Vista? Vista? We don't need no stinkin' Vista! (no 36 45640
No wonder Grandma LUVS Linux! 36 35813
10. Yet another Microsod attempt to screw standards: V 35 42767
11. [Roy Schestowitz Lies Again] Choose Vista, Reduce 33 52177
As Time Goes By, Far Fewer People Want Windows Vis 33 46696
13. Register your complaint with abuse@xxxxxxxxx 31 33709
14. OpenBSD copies GPL code .. 29 45138
Most of the .EXE files were created using VC++, no 29 42232
16. Telnet dead at 35 .. 27 43749
17. Linux now on AppleTV 25 37318
Computer shops: "No Vista PC's here, not until it 25 33057
19. [News] Google faces brain drain as wealthy workers 24 23828
PCLinuxOS website/Dishonest Quark 24 25755
21. [News] Apache Open Source Server Still Gaining [no 23 42937
22. [News] Microsoft in a fix over cursor patch 22 31383
Where to download PCLinuxOS? 22 23757
24. PCLinuxOS website?? 20 18311
25. [News] Vista's Extend and Extinguish Approach to C 18 21650
26. We're damned I tell ya 17 16351
corel linux / word perfect 17 18662
28. Company Dumps .NET Software, Finds Happiness in Op 16 45733
[News] Gaim Renamed, Appraches 2.0 Release, First 16 12805
30. Desktop Wave Building? 15 22995
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Toplist of Most Replied To Posters
Pos Poster Msgs
1. Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 166
2. DooFuS - Moronic Fascist 118
3. Tim 'Funkenbusch Wannabee' Smith 77
4. [H]omer <spam@xxxxxxx> 69
5. Linonut <linonut@xxxxxxxx> 65
6. Kier <vallon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 63
7. Maverick <Sun@xxxxxxxxx> 60
8. Ewik FUDenbusch 55
9. Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx> 39
10. The Ghost In The Machine <ewill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 36
11. AB <fardblossom@xxxxxxxxx> 33
12. flyer <flyer@xxxxxxxxx> 30
13. thad01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 28
14. Jeff_Relf - .Net k00k 27
Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjarnason@xxxxxxxxxxx> 27
16. chrisv <chrisv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 24
17. John Locke <johnlocke98513@xxxxxxxxxxx> 21
18. amicus_curious - TROLL 20
19. Jim Richardson <warlock@xxxxxxxxxx> 19
Doug Mentohl <doug_mentohl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 19
OK - MS Apologist and Liar 19
22. ed <ed@xxxxxxxxxxx> 18
23. Larry 'Msg-ID Larry' Qualig - MS Puppet 17
24. 'ultranerd' Bob 16
BearItAll <spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 16
Gregory Shearman <ZekeGregory@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 16
27. Freeride <freeride@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 15
Guy Fawkes <spare_the_rod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 15
29. John Bailo <jabailo@xxxxxxxxxx> 14
Robert Newson <ReapNewsB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 14
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Toplist of Troll Feeders [2]
Pos Poster Msgs %
1. Linonut <linonut@xxxxxxxx> 40 36
2. Maverick <Sun@xxxxxxxxx> 29 32
3. Kier <vallon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 22 33
4. 7 <website_has_email@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 17 35
Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjarnason@xxxxxxxxxxx> 17 30
6. The Ghost In The Machine <ewill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 16 24
7. Rick <none@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 15 41
Jim Richardson <warlock@xxxxxxxxxx> 15 48
9. John Bailo <jabailo@xxxxxxxxxx> 14 54
10. chrisv <chrisv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 10 21
thad01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 10 30
12. spike1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 9 53
Gregory Shearman <ZekeGregory@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 9 43
14. Peter KÃhlmann <Peter.Koehlmann@xxxxxxxxxxx> 8 47
ed <ed@xxxxxxxxxxx> 8 24
Paul Hovnanian P.E. <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 8 44
17. John A. Bailo <jabailo@xxxxxxxxxx> 7 64
18. Freeride <freeride@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 6 55
DooFuS - Moronic Fascist 6 6
yttrx <yttrx@xxxxxxxxx> 6 26
21. Tim 'Funkenbusch Wannabee' Smith 5 7
Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 5 1
Robert Newson <ReapNewsB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 5 22
24. Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx> 4 6
Gordon <gbplinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 4 40
Phineas T Puddleduck <phineaspuddleduck@xxxxxxxxx> 4 100
Rex Ballard <rex.ballard@xxxxxxxxx> 4 25
AB <fardblossom@xxxxxxxxx> 4 10
Jeff_Relf - .Net k00k 4 24
T Wake <usenet.es7at@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 4 57
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Toplist of 'Quality' Posters [3]
Pos Poster Index
1. Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 128
2. Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx> 76
Doug Mentohl <doug_mentohl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 76
4. [H]omer <spam@xxxxxxx> 68
5. flyer <flyer@xxxxxxxxx> 64
John Locke <johnlocke98513@xxxxxxxxxxx> 64
7. Guy Fawkes <spare_the_rod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 63
Robert Parsonage <robp@xxxxxxxxx> 63
Richard Rasker <spamtrap@xxxxxxxxxx> 63
10. William Poaster <wp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 59
11. AB <fardblossom@xxxxxxxxx> 57
Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjarnason@xxxxxxxxxxx> 57
13. Robert Newson <ReapNewsB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 54
14. The Ghost In The Machine <ewill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 53
15. Linonut <linonut@xxxxxxxx> 52
16. Jamie Hart <usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 51
thad01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 51
18. Tom Shelton <tom_shelton@xxxxxxxxxxx> 50
7 <website_has_email@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 50
Jim <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 50
Tattoo Vampire <tat2vampire@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 50
lakshmi <lakshmipathi.g@xxxxxxxxx> 50
BearItAll <spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 50
24. ed <ed@xxxxxxxxxxx> 48
chrisv <chrisv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 48
p5000011@xxxxxxxxx 48
alt <spamtrap@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 48
28. nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 47
29. Geico Caveman <spammers-begone@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 46
NoStop <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> 46
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Toplist of X-No-Archive Posters
Pos Poster Msgs
1. flatfish - Mental-Ward Escapee 1
Meat Plow - IDIOT 1
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Toplist of Newsreaders
Pos Newsreader Msgs
1. KNode 563
2. slrn 365
3. Mozilla 256
4. Pan 211
5. G2/1.0 176
6. Microsoft Outlook Express 172
7. Forte Agent 91
8. tin 73
9. 40tude_Dialog 54
10. MicroPlanet-Gravity/2.70.2067 49
11. Thunderbird 36
12. MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.1 (Intel Mac OS X) 35
13. Claws Mail 2.8.1 (GTK+ 2.10.6; i486-pc-linux-gnu) 34
14. Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0.6000.16386 16
15. Xnews 12
16. pan 0.116 (Blanton's) 11
News Xpress 11
18. pan 0.119 (Karma Hunters) 5
19. MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.2 (Intel Mac OS X) 4
20. Forte Free Agent 3
21. Gnus 2
MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.2 (PPC Mac OS X) 2
pan 0.120 (Plate of Shrimp) 2
24. COLA Stats Engine 1
Unison/1.7.9 1
pan 0.123 (El Nuevo Barretto) 1
trn 1
pan 0.112 (Elijah Craig) 1
MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.2b1 (PPC Mac OS X) 1
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[1]: Posts via mail to news gateways are dropped by this server
and hence not included in the stats.
Other attention seeking posters may not appear as well.
[2]: Troll feeder %'age is (troll feeding posts / total posts) * 100
[3]: The poster 'quality' stats is based on:
a) quoting: 100 - %'age quoted
b) cross-posting: 100 - %'age cross-posted
c) number of direct followups posters articles get
d) troll feeding: 100 - 2.0 * %'age troll followups
e) 75 deducted for known trolls
f) for the humour impaired the quotes around 'quality'
are intended to convey they are not to be taken too
seriously :-)
--
K.
http://slated.org
.----
| I found [Vista] to be a dangerously unstable operating system,
| which has caused me to lose data ... unfortunately this product
| is unfit for any user. - [H]ardOCP, <http://tinyurl.com/3bpfs2>
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Fedora Core release 5 (Bordeaux) on sky, running kernel 2.6.20-1.2307.fc5
11:02:26 up 2 days, 19:14, 3 users, load average: 0.30, 0.74, 0.81
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