On Fri, 2004-08-13 at 11:17, Robin Laing wrote: > I found this from a link off of Slashdot and felt that it may be of > interest to many here. > > This isn't directed to Fedora but it covers Linux and Mr. Enderle's > view of Linux Users as not having a life. > > [quote] > There are people who get up every day, work a 9 to 5 and go home to > their families trading their lives for varying degrees of cash. In my > view, though clearly not theirs, they are selling their lives very > cheaply. These are wage slaves and the difference between > people like that and a zombie is generally lost on me. > > Do you realize that many, I'm not saying all or even most, of the > Linux supporters are like this, they have never coded anything in > their lives, have never even played a video game, in fact the only > reason they are supporting Linux is because it is a cause and their > life lacks one. > > That is an incredibly sad group of folks, and I wonder what their > reaction will be when they finally understand they are supporting > software and not the second coming. > [/quote] > > I find his comments are very demeaning and sound like those of a > desperate man. He sounds like a man that is fighting to keep his head > above water while being dragged down by a weight that he doesn't want > to let go of. > > Details of his comments and an anylsis can be found on > > <http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20040812070059503> > > I for one use Linux because in my work and life, it is much more > stable than any Windows platform that I have tried. Even better than > Win XP which gave me the BSOD on the first day of a new computer. :( > > The computer now is happy to be running FC1. :) > > -- > Robin Laing IMHO I more believe he fears Linux as a threat. -- jludwig <wralphie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
