On Monday 19 March 2007 13:47, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 03/19/07 12:35, Hal Vaughan wrote:
> > On Monday 19 March 2007 13:01, Raquel wrote:
> >> On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 12:44:38 -0400
> >>
> >> "H.S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>> Just saw this in the following piece:
> >>> http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/murdockint.html
> >>>
> >>> "Ubuntu has certainly raised the bar. They have had a tremendous
> >>> impact  on the number of people worldwide using Debian (I do
> >>> consider Ubuntu to  be Debian). ..."
> >>>
> >>> ->HS
> >>
> >> I consider my neighbor to be a fool.  Does that mean he is?  I
> >> don't believe his family and friends would agree.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Raquel
> >
> > If you're a psychologist and have a lot of credentials to prove you
> > know what you're talking about when you call your neighbor a fool,
> > then it might.  (Ignoring the psychological principal that often
> > people call others names they don't want to admit apply to
> > themselves -- it's called projection.)
> >
> > On the other hand, if someone is Ian Murdock and the "Ian" in his
> > name is where the last 3 letters in "DebIAN" come from, AND he just
> > happens to be the creator of the distro, then perhaps that means he
> > has some authority and knows what he's talking about.
>
> Shame on you Hal, for stooping to Proof by Appeal to Authority.

It's not authority, it's expertise.

Hal


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