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| From | William Poaster <wp@induh-vidual.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy |
| Subject | Re: Troll-Free COLA Stats: Saturday the 6th of April, 2013. |
| Date | 2013-04-06 23:08 +0100 |
| Organization | Dumb Willie Boaster @ Llareggub Inc. |
| Message-ID | <b0j63a-5b5.ln1@wp.alpha-one.linuxorg> (permalink) |
| References | (1 earlier) <kjpf6o$st5$1@news.albasani.net> <kjpk6r$nlb$1@dont-email.me> <kjpr2q$7f8$1@dont-email.me> <t0g63a-rhg.ln1@sky.matrix> <kjq43d$ri$4@dont-email.me> |
RonB wrote: > On Sat, 06 Apr 2013 22:17:49 +0100, Homer wrote: > >> The fact that he or anyone else merely /uses/ Windows is not a problem. >> People are forced to use Windows for all sorts of reasons (e.g. work). >> That is the inescapable consequence of Microsoft's "desktop" monopoly. >> But the sheer volume of anti-Linux bile posted here by a minority of >> Windows users has left me with little option but to completely filter >> all posts by Windows user agents. >> >> There is also the more fundamental point that those who purport to >> advocate something should, at the very least, use it. I'd also expect >> them to state a preference for it, given the definition and purpose of >> advocacy. >> >> Most importantly though, with respect to GNU/Linux, they should also be >> so outraged by Microsoft's (and to a perhaps lesser extent Apple's) >> unethical business practises that they at least attempt to avoid their >> products wherever possible, especially given the sort of vile acts >> Microsoft and Apple committed (and continue to commit) against Android >> and GNU/Linux vendors. Again, I understand that isn't always possible, >> but anyone claiming to be a Linux advocate should at least sympathise >> with that position and make some effort to support it, otherwise they >> are in fact supporting Microsoft, both financially and in principle. > > Bears repeating. > > Something the WinTrolls and iCultists can't seem to get through their > heads, this *is* a Linux *advocacy* newsgroup. Want to advocate Windows 8? > -- do so somewhere else. It's not "censorship" to filter out anti-Linux > claptrap on a Linux ADVOCACY newsgroup. Agreed. -- The Mac user really puts the 'stupid' in 'Keep It Simple, Stupid Micro$oft, the company that makes spreading malware easy. Microsoft exec Ron Markezich was quoted saying that for every $1 companies spend on Microsoft software, they need to spend $6 getting it to work right. -- April 2011 SanFrancisco Chronical -- "We have no intention of shipping another bloated OS and shoving it down the throats of our users." -- Paul Maritz, Microsoft group vice president -- What's bad about Micro$oft: http://www.kmfms.com/whatsbad.html
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Re: Troll-Free COLA Stats: Saturday the 6th of April, 2013. RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2013-04-06 21:29 +0000
Re: Troll-Free COLA Stats: Saturday the 6th of April, 2013. William Poaster <wp@induh-vidual.net> - 2013-04-06 23:08 +0100
Re: Troll-Free COLA Stats: Saturday the 6th of April, 2013. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2013-04-06 15:49 -0700
Re: Troll-Free COLA Stats: Saturday the 6th of April, 2013. flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2013-04-06 18:50 -0400
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Re: Troll-Free COLA Stats: Saturday the 6th of April, 2013. Homer <usenet@slated.org> - 2013-04-09 00:51 +0100
Re: Troll-Free COLA Stats: Saturday the 6th of April, 2013. flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2013-04-09 08:06 -0400
Re: Troll-Free COLA Stats: Saturday the 6th of April, 2013. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2013-04-06 15:01 -0700
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Re: Troll-Free COLA Stats: Saturday the 6th of April, 2013. GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2013-04-06 22:18 -0600
Re: Troll-Free COLA Stats: Saturday the 6th of April, 2013. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2013-04-08 07:17 -0700
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