Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 10:35:20 -0800 From: "Jeremiah Gowdy" <jeremiah@sherline.com> To: "John Baldwin" <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: <freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org>, "Terry Lambert" <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Subject: Re: Microsoft _still_ makes for a boring thread Message-ID: <000a01c188bb$e9fe65f0$0a00a8c0@cptnhosedonkey> References: <XFMail.011219102932.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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> Actually, Anthony usually starts these flamewars. He's started about 3 or 4 on > -chat in the past week or so. His primary assertion being that Unix or > Unix-like systems are unsuitable on the desktop for anyone, and that everyone > should switch to Windows for desktop machines. He does claim to run a FreeBSD > server however, and says that Unix-like systems are ok for servers. However, > he won't accept the fact that some people do indeed find Unix useful as a > desktop as well. > > The biggest reason Terry is riled up is that Anthony doesn't play fair during > arguments. He ignores any statements which point him out as being wrong, > partially quotes messages so he can take parts out of context, contradicts > himself, and always has to have the last word. Granted, the lovely flamefest > should have stopped much earlier (as should the ones on -chat), but Anthony is > the one being the Troll here. Well then, I'll conceed most of my points to a more general statement, rather than directly at Terry, however, it did seem he was being a little petty, and trying to use someone's Microsoft-advocacy to negate their point of view. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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