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On Wed, 24 Sep 2014 21:17:48 +0200, Aragorn wrote:

> On Wednesday 24 September 2014 20:57, Jens Stuckelberger conveyed the
> following to comp.os.linux.misc...
> 
>> On Tue, 23 Sep 2014 02:57:18 +0000, not.socialnetwork wrote:
>> 
>>> [Nothing interesting.]
>> 
>> You really have to work at improving your trolling. Your current effort
>> is kind of pathetic. Surely you can do much better than that?
> 
> I agree, the quality of trolling sure has deteriorated ever since
> Microsoft decided to outsource that to independent contractors.  Trolls
> were much more humorous when Microsoft were still sending out their own
> employees into newsgroups dedicated to what they perceived as "competing
> platforms".

If we could keep-out the F/B,twitter kiddies', football tribalism
resistance to self criticism, we'd better be able to fix many of
linux's flaws; which would make the following more obviously absurd:--
]====
]      * If you have an Apple Mac or Linux computer - please note that
]        you can only use it for this course by running Windows on it
]        using Boot Camp or a similar dual-boot system.
]
]    You can also visit the Technical requirements section for further
]    computing information including the details of the support we
]    provide.

Whereas free/enterprise/choice is good; the ever increasing forking
of linux, doesn't help us advance linux.

Indeed the football-tribalism BETWEEN different distributions is
harmfull to us too.