On 9/28/2021 11:34 AM, Jonathan Dowland wrote:
On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 07:10:08AM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote:
As the original poster, I can say this hits the nail on the head.
Most definitely, Andy Smith and others claim a right to call
newcomers like me a laughingstock, damned, etc., on the basis of
their supposed god-like status.
...
By overreaction, he clearly means I refused to worship him and his ilk
as the gods they think they are,
I think this is an unreasonable characterisation of Andy Smith which I
invite you to retract. I've read all of his messages on this subject to
this list (at least) and I thought he'd taken great pains to make clear
that he was merely an interested bystander, no more important than
anyone else -- including you!
I agree to retract this. I am sure Andy Smith is a fine person, and I can
see he devotes much of his time heping others use Debian, and that is
a good thing that he does. My statement was an emotional overreaction
in response to Borden, who clearly is overstating problems in Debian.
I did too, and I am sorry.
Thanks,
Chuck
