Good stuff Ric; I like where you keep your tongue parked. On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 18:58 -0500, Ric Moore wrote: > On Wed, 2008-01-30 at 11:29 -0700, Craig White wrote: > > On Wed, 2008-01-30 at 13:21 -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > On Wed, 30 Jan 2008, Christopher A. Williams wrote: > > > > > > ... snip ... > > > > > > > Anyone care to wager how long before he pisses off the Ubuntu > > > > crowd...? > > > > > > > > I know quite a few Ubuntu guys. A couple are friends and co-workers. > > > > Most are just pro-Ubuntu as opposed to anti-Fedora. Just like most > > > > people here are pro-Fedora as opposed to Anti-Ubuntu. I'd say it was > > > > more just a matter of time... > > > > > > i was going to take the high road but ... oh, what the hell. from > > > months of observation, it would appear that karl's main gripe against > > > fedora is that it didn't work for him for *just those things that he > > > was working on.* ergo, karl concluded that it was a bad distro. > > > > > > apparently, now karl had discovered that ubuntu does *precisely those > > > things* very well indeed, so karl concludes that ubuntu is a better > > > distro and karl is happy. for now. > > > > > > but sooner or later, karl is going to run across something that ubuntu > > > is *worse* at, and it will be just a matter of time before karl is > > > complaining that something in ubuntu doesn't work, and that it's way > > > better in fedora and why don't those ubuntu folks do it like it's done > > > in fedora? > > > > > > that's my prediction. would anyone like a piece of that action? i'll > > > give you odds. > > ---- > > probably should have followed your initial instincts. > > > > Our loss is Ubuntu's gain > > Shhhhh...! For Cris' sake, don't WARN the Ubuntu crowd. Just let Karl > get all nice, warm and cozy there. Let him move in, unpack his bags, and > settle into his bunker. > > * LATE BREAKING NEWS * > > In interviews with residents in the Ubuntu neighborhood, they said this > to the Brain Police, "Well, Karl was just this guy, ya know? He seemed > quiet enough and kept to himself ...at first. We had no idea. It was > just like a drive-by shooting, we were caught so unaware!" > > It was a four-alarm flame-war that broke out in the quiet neighborhood, > that stunned residents and list-administrators alike, in this once > peaceful area. According to the Jack-Boots and the Brain Police, they > are just starting to search through the smoke and ashes to determine the > exact cause of the blaze. > > Yet many of them are already reporting difficulty thinking clearly while > going through the wreckage, due to massive confusion inhalation. It is > reported that CRM-114 Discriminators are being brought to the scene, by > the NSA. Back to you, Chris... > > <zot> Ric I find this is all a sure sign that Fedora 8 has very few serious problems to fix. Perhaps we need F9 sooner than scheduled. -- Regards Bill
