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Re: Gotta' Love Linux

Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy
Date 2017-04-19 11:39 -0700
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Subject Re: Gotta' Love Linux
From Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com>

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On Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at 12:02:32 PM UTC-6, chrisv wrote:
> RonB wrote:
> 
> > chrisv wrote:
> >>
> >> Dunce Rabbit wrote:
> >>
> >>> RonB wrote:
> >>>> 
> >>>> I guess all the time spent experimenting with computers by those who became 
> >>>> founders of great IT companies was also a "waste of time" in the 
> >>>> short-sighted vision of these idiot trolls. 
> >>>
> >>> Name one, I'll bet they were getting paid to do the work.
> >>
> >> Fool.  The great programmer or computer architect who did not
> >> start-out as a "hobbiest" is a rare animal.
> >
> >"rabbit" is a clueless moron. His usage of computers is probably trolling 
> >COLA and typing 10 word memos in M$ Word. I guess I'm getting too old to put 
> >with his brand of asininity.  
> 
> What some dunce calls a "cost", others might call an "investment".
> 
> I'm reminded of when Lying Lloyd attacked Linux' configurability as a
> drawback (!)  Every minute spent configuring the OS is one minute less
> spent producing, he explained.  Sheesh, what a dullard.

Configurability *is* a drawback for the kind of person he (and people like Snit) 
are talking about. The problem is they're trying to compare apples and oranges. 
Something that is highly configurable is like Wordpress, whereas something
not as configurable is more like WIx. You simply cannot explain to a Wix user 
why the ability to tweak WordPress in ways Wix can't even dream of is a good 
thing. Only when they run across a hard limitation do they even begin to try and 
understand the issue. At that point they are transforming from the 'lowest
common denominator" user to one that realizes that's what they are.

I actually agree with Lloyd's premise, both have their place. HOWEVER...where 
I disagree  with him is a technical newsgroup isn't the place to keep harping 
on that point (like Glasser does). It'd be like going to a newsgroup for hot rodding 
cars and continually explaining how stock cars are -fill in the blank-, no one cares.

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Gotta' Love Linux RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2017-04-19 03:55 +0000
  Re: Gotta' Love Linux Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-18 21:08 -0700
  Re: Gotta' Love Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-18 21:29 -0700
    Re: Gotta' Love Linux Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-18 22:41 -0700
  Re: Gotta' Love Linux Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-18 23:50 -0500
  Re: Gotta' Love Linux Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2017-04-19 09:49 +0100
    Re: Gotta' Love Linux chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-19 07:39 -0500
      Re: Gotta' Love Linux RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2017-04-19 15:21 +0000
        Re: Gotta' Love Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-19 08:41 -0700
          Re: Gotta' Love Linux Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-19 08:56 -0700
      Re: Gotta' Love Linux -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2017-04-19 19:17 -0700
    Re: Gotta' Love Linux Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-19 10:03 -0500
      Re: Gotta' Love Linux RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2017-04-19 15:27 +0000
        Re: Gotta' Love Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-19 08:44 -0700
        Re: Gotta' Love Linux Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-19 11:04 -0500
          Re: Gotta' Love Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-19 09:19 -0700
        Re: Gotta' Love Linux Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2017-04-19 17:18 +0100
          Re: Gotta' Love Linux Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-19 09:29 -0700
          Re: Gotta' Love Linux chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-19 11:41 -0500
            Re: Gotta' Love Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-19 09:49 -0700
            Re: Gotta' Love Linux RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2017-04-19 17:44 +0000
              Re: Gotta' Love Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-19 10:56 -0700
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2017-04-20 12:23 +0100
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 08:59 -0700
              Re: Gotta' Love Linux chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-19 13:02 -0500
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2017-04-19 18:08 +0000
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-19 11:38 -0700
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-19 11:39 -0700
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-19 11:39 -0700
              Re: Gotta' Love Linux Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2017-04-20 12:22 +0100
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 09:00 -0700
            Re: Gotta' Love Linux Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2017-04-20 06:21 -0400
              Re: Gotta' Love Linux William Poaster <wp@dev.null> - 2017-04-20 11:47 +0100
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2017-04-20 07:55 -0400
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-20 07:22 -0500
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux William Poaster <wp@dev.null> - 2017-04-20 13:29 +0100
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-20 07:49 -0500
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux William Poaster <wp@dev.null> - 2017-04-20 13:28 +0100
              Re: Gotta' Love Linux -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2017-04-20 05:15 -0700
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-20 17:17 +0000
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-20 12:22 -0500
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 10:51 -0700
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-20 12:55 -0500
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2017-04-20 18:06 +0000
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-20 11:19 -0700
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-20 13:56 -0500
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-20 12:00 -0700
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 12:32 -0700
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 10:41 -0700
              Re: Gotta' Love Linux Silver Slimer <sl@im.er> - 2017-04-20 08:26 -0400
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 09:08 -0700
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-20 09:27 -0700
            Re: Gotta' Love Linux Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2017-04-20 12:20 +0100
              Re: Gotta' Love Linux chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-20 07:40 -0500
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2017-04-20 16:30 +0100
          Re: Gotta' Love Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-19 09:44 -0700
            Re: Gotta' Love Linux Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-19 10:00 -0700
              Re: Gotta' Love Linux Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-19 12:47 -0500
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-19 11:16 -0700
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-19 13:44 -0500
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-19 11:58 -0700
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-20 10:19 -0700
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-19 14:23 -0400
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-19 11:46 -0700
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-19 14:14 -0500
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-19 12:23 -0700
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux Steve Carroll <"Steve Carroll"@noSPAM.none> - 2017-04-19 19:51 +0000
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-19 15:05 -0500
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-19 13:41 -0700
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-19 14:01 -0700
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-19 16:12 -0500
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-19 14:26 -0700
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-19 14:50 -0700
                Re: Gotta' Love Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-19 11:32 -0700
            Re: Gotta' Love Linux Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2017-04-20 18:58 +0000
          Re: Gotta' Love Linux chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-19 11:48 -0500
            Re: Gotta' Love Linux Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-19 11:56 -0500
              Re: Gotta' Love Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-19 10:05 -0700
      Re: Gotta' Love Linux Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-19 08:42 -0700
        Re: Gotta' Love Linux Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2017-04-19 17:19 +0100
    Re: Gotta' Love Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-19 09:09 -0700
  no girl wants to do the moodle John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2017-04-19 06:31 -0700

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