On 17/12/2007, Dean S. Messing <deanm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > imalone wrote: > : It's a little unfair to call them zealots > > I called them zealots because that's what they are. > According to my Webster's, the primary meaning is: > > "One who engages warmly in any cause, and pursues his object with > earnestness and ardor". > What you wrote: "On the other hand you are certainly right, that the kernel maintainers will turn a deaf ear to you if your kernel crashes and you are running the binary driver. They are religious zealots." The first entry in a dictionary isn't always the meaning in context is it? Did you mean they pursue kernel development with earnestness and ardour or was there a negative connotation there? > > :(and as others have done > : claim that it's used as an excuse for not solving problems) > > I made no such claim. Please re-read what I wrote. > Please re-read what I wrote. N.B. 'others'. -- imalone
