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| From | Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy |
| Subject | Re: Five years of LibreOffice. |
| Date | 2015-10-03 17:20 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <d7ah2hF2i41U2@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | (11 earlier) <64f8539a-8817-4443-a16a-67011e1db008@googlegroups.com> <d7a85sFa5sU1@mid.individual.net> <320ba40f-5fd0-4d1e-9d7f-e1ff9b892e28@googlegroups.com> <d7acs3F1brcU1@mid.individual.net> <56100775$0$25489$b1db1813$19ace300@news.astraweb.com> |
On Sat, 03 Oct 2015 16:51:01 +0000, vallor wrote: > On Sat, 03 Oct 2015 16:08:35 +0000, Lloyd Parsons wrote: > >> On Sat, 03 Oct 2015 08:55:55 -0700, Steve Carroll wrote: >> >>> On Saturday, October 3, 2015 at 8:48:33 AM UTC-6, Lloyd Parsons wrote: >>>> On Sat, 03 Oct 2015 07:43:12 -0700, Steve Carroll wrote: >>>> >>>> > On Saturday, October 3, 2015 at 7:09:01 AM UTC-6, Lloyd Parsons >>>> > wrote: >>>> >> On Sat, 03 Oct 2015 02:26:04 +0000, ronb wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >> > On Fri, 02 Oct 2015 23:03:26 +0200, Peter Köhlmann wrote: >>>> >> > >>>> >> >> The lying imbecile Snit Michael Glasser babbled: >>>> >> >> >>>> >> >>> On 10/2/15, 1:40 PM, in article mumq34$5q1$7@dont-email.me, >>>> >> >>> "ronb" >>>> >> >>> <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >> >>> >>>> >> >>>> On Fri, 02 Oct 2015 07:18:49 -0500, chrisv wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >>>> >> >>>>> Sheesh, what an ignorant, arrogant jackass, "Lloyd" is. >>>> >> >>>> >>>> >> >>>> Just a lemon-sucking, bitter old biddy, >>>> >> >>> >>>> >> >>> Your name calling shows your lack of confidence in your own >>>> >> >>> views. >>>> >> >>> >>>> >> >>>> who (apparently) has more time on his hands than brains. >>>> >> >>>> Otherwise, how can you explain his 24/7 bitter drooling in a >>>> >> >>>> newsgroup dedicated to promoting an OS that he believes is a >>>> >> >>>> failure and one that he hates. Again, his actions speak >>>> >> >>>> louder than his lying words. >>>> >> >>> >>>> >> >>> He has not shown any hatred toward Linux. You made that up. >>>> >> >>> >>>> >> >>> >>>> >> >> Yet another example of your incredibly bad reading >>>> >> >> comprehension >>>> >> > >>>> >> > Yes, "Snit," he loves Linux. That's why he 24/7 froths against >>>> >> > it in a Linux advocacy newsgroup. >>>> >> > >>>> >> Since I don't 'froth' against it and certainly not 24/7, your >>>> >> premise is bogus as are most of your arguments. >>>> >> >>>> >> > We're simply not as stupid as you need us to be for your idiot >>>> >> > tactics to succeed, "Snit." >>>> >> >>>> >> Yes, you are correct. You aren't as stupid as you need to be, >>>> >> you're well past that when it comes to how to make a product >>>> >> successful. You 'advocates' get hung up in the tech side of linux >>>> >> and that doesn't mean diddly squat to marketing/sales and a >>>> >> successful product. Linux on the desktop could be marketed if the >>>> >> community would get out of the way. >>>> > >>>> > Towards what end and for whom? Are the trolls in COLA worried that >>>> > Linux is on the verge of disappearing? Logically, aside from >>>> > trolling, that would be the only genuine concern worth putting in >>>> > so much time and effort. Now that the obvious is out of the way ;) >>>> > >>>> > But let's pretend you're not trolling, that you're actually trying >>>> > to have a rational discussion. Here's the reality: >>>> > >>>> > Linux isn't in danger of disappearing. Why do I say this? >>>> > >>>> > Consider your previous position: >>>> > >>>> > Marketing? What is that and why is it ever done? >>>> > >>>> > One you come up with a functional (and rational) answer you realize >>>> > that Linux isn't in a 'market', per se, and any attempt to put it >>>> > there is misplaced. We all know, on some level, if you want your >>>> > product to stand a sliver of a chance of surviving the rigors of >>>> > the marketplace you must market it in that space in some way. This >>>> > is just simple commons sense. Because the collective efforts >>>> > required to produce and maintain it are given away, Linux will >>>> > survive no matter what. Linux isn't constrained by the normal >>>> > 'marketplace' issues that people try to foist upon it. The >>>> > motivations behind Linux are so drastically different that 'apples >>>> > to oranges' comparisons are an extreme understatement, 'apples to >>>> > penguins' >>>> > is a more apt comparison. >>>> > >>>> > Trolling is all well and good but it's pretty silly to pretend >>>> > you're having a rational discussion in this scenario. If you're >>>> > really what you claim, you, better than most in COLA, know all of >>>> > this. >>>> >>>> There are two sides to the linux desktop coin. One is the >>>> 'community' >>>> which likes the open and free nature of Linux and doesn't want that >>>> ever to change. The other is companies like Canonical that would >>>> like at least a modicum of success in their commercialization >>>> efforts. >>> >>> This is what I don't get about your claim... Canonical isn't selling >>> Linux, per se, that they're making use of it to sell what they do sell >>> shouldn't confuse someone with your background. C'mon... are you being >>> honest about it? >>> >> While Canonical isn't trying to sell their distro in any meaningful >> way, >> they are trying to use it to bootstrap their ecosystem. And not being >> successful at it I might add. > > ...but pay no attention to Red Hat and SuSE behind that curtain, > Dorothy! > > Gah. I'm not ignoring them. Is SuSE making any money at it? I know Red Hat is. -- Lloyd
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Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-01 22:28 +0000
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Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Onion Knight <onionknight@linuxmail.org> - 2015-10-01 19:07 -0400
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-02 07:18 -0500
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Re: Five years of LibreOffice. "A.M" <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-10-02 09:42 -0400
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-10-02 20:40 +0000
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-02 13:55 -0700
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-10-02 23:03 +0200
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-02 14:22 -0700
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 02:26 +0000
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-02 23:32 -0700
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. onion knight <onionknight@linuxmail.org> - 2015-10-03 08:12 -0400
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 13:08 +0000
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 07:43 -0700
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 14:48 +0000
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. onion knight <onionknight@linuxmail.org> - 2015-10-03 10:54 -0400
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 08:55 -0700
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 16:08 +0000
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2015-10-03 16:51 +0000
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 17:20 +0000
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-10-03 23:34 +0200
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. onion knight <onionknight@linuxmail.org> - 2015-10-03 18:30 -0400
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-10-04 00:32 +0200
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. onion knight <onionknight@linuxmail.org> - 2015-10-03 18:39 -0400
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-10-04 00:40 +0200
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-10-04 02:25 +0000
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-03 19:46 -0700
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. "A.M" <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-10-03 23:09 -0400
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-10-04 05:20 +0200
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. "A.M" <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-10-04 00:18 -0400
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-10-04 06:28 +0200
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. "A.M" <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-10-04 00:31 -0400
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-10-04 06:32 +0200
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. onion knight <onionknight@linuxmail.org> - 2015-10-03 23:53 -0400
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-03 15:49 -0700
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. "A.M" <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-10-03 19:18 -0400
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-05 07:35 -0500
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. William Poaster <wp@dev.null> - 2015-10-05 14:40 +0100
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-05 09:06 -0500
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2015-10-05 09:10 -0500
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. nom de plume <nomdeplume@stickybit.guru> - 2015-10-05 11:36 -0400
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-05 15:42 +0000
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. "A.M" <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-10-05 12:33 -0400
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-05 16:43 +0000
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. nom de plume <nomdeplume@stickybit.guru> - 2015-10-05 13:40 -0400
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-10-05 15:26 -0400
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. nom de plume <nomdeplume@stickybit.guru> - 2015-10-05 18:02 -0400
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. "A.M" <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-10-05 17:39 -0400
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. nom de plume <nomdeplume@stickybit.guru> - 2015-10-05 13:32 -0400
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-05 17:55 +0000
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Onion Knight <onionknight@linuxmail.org> - 2015-10-05 15:22 -0400
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. nom de plume <nomdeplume@stickybit.guru> - 2015-10-05 17:52 -0400
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-05 22:14 +0000
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. nom de plume <nomdeplume@stickybit.guru> - 2015-10-05 21:49 -0400
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-10-07 15:21 -0600
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-10-05 15:20 -0400
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-10-05 13:00 -0400
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 19:24 +0000
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 09:52 -0700
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2015-10-03 17:08 +0000
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 17:19 +0000
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 10:29 -0700
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-03 10:02 -0700
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-10-03 23:31 +0200
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 21:39 +0000
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-03 14:48 -0700
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-10-04 00:01 +0200
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-03 15:20 -0700
Snit Michael Glasser admits he as claiming bullshit Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-10-04 00:28 +0200
Re: Snit Michael Glasser admits he as claiming bullshit onion knight <onionknight@linuxmail.org> - 2015-10-03 18:41 -0400
Re: Snit Michael Glasser admits he as claiming bullshit Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-03 15:47 -0700
Re: Snit Michael Glasser admits he as claiming bullshit "A.M" <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-10-03 19:13 -0400
Re: Snit Michael Glasser admits he as claiming bullshit Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-10-04 10:20 +0200
Re: Snit Michael Glasser admits he as claiming bullshit Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-04 09:48 -0700
Re: Snit Michael Glasser admits he as claiming bullshit Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-10-04 18:54 +0200
Re: Snit Michael Glasser admits he as claiming bullshit Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-04 10:03 -0700
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 15:51 -0700
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-03 14:49 -0700
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-05 09:00 -0500
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2015-10-05 09:05 -0500
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-10-04 08:38 -0400
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-04 12:48 +0000
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-10-04 09:11 -0400
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-04 14:26 +0000
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. "A.M" <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-10-04 12:05 -0400
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Nobody <nobody@invalid.com> - 2015-10-02 22:46 -0500
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. onion knight <onionknight@linuxmail.org> - 2015-10-03 08:32 -0400
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 13:06 +0000
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. onion knight <onionknight@linuxmail.org> - 2015-10-03 09:50 -0400
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 14:16 +0000
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. onion knight <onionknight@linuxmail.org> - 2015-10-03 10:47 -0400
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 07:46 -0700
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 14:53 +0000
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 09:00 -0700
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 09:05 -0700
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 16:17 +0000
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 16:16 +0000
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-10-03 11:20 -0400
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 09:01 -0700
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-10-03 12:08 -0400
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 09:13 -0700
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. onion knight <onionknight@linuxmail.org> - 2015-10-03 12:29 -0400
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 12:57 +0000
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 19:20 +0000
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 19:37 +0000
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-10-02 11:38 -0400
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-10-01 15:41 -0700
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-10-01 22:29 +0000
Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-10-01 20:43 -0400
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