* Steve Lamb ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
> Play on words, "holding it to one self" and "holding views". Point being
> that not everyone is using Debian for the same reason and the rabidness that
> some of the radical views are presented are quite off-putting. Not everyone
> is rabidly anti-
cothrige wrote:
> I don't really follow you here. How does holding imply not talking?
> Surely you don't make a habit of talking about topics you don't hold
> views on? ;-)
Play on words, "holding it to one self" and "holding views". Point being
that not everyone is using Debian for the same
Steve Lamb wrote:
Mike McCarty wrote:
If people around here (and elsewhere) would quit treating Linux/GNU
project as if it were a religion, a political statement, a way to
change the world paradigm, a poke in the eye at the mythically evil
MicroSoft Empire, an end to capitalism as we know it, an
* Steve Lamb ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> cothrige wrote:
> > Is this really "off putting"? Why? Maybe I am just not really seeing
> > what is meant here, but I cannot recall a single instance of being
> > bothered because somebody held a particular view concerning the
> > political or philosophi
On Sunday 29 October 2006 04:01, Steve Lamb wrote:
> cothrige wrote:
> > Is this really "off putting"? Why? Maybe I am just not really seeing
> > what is meant here, but I cannot recall a single instance of being
> > bothered because somebody held a particular view concerning the
> > political or
cothrige wrote:
> Is this really "off putting"? Why? Maybe I am just not really seeing
> what is meant here, but I cannot recall a single instance of being
> bothered because somebody held a particular view concerning the
> political or philosophical nature of GNU or Linux.
Holding? No. Sh
* Steve Lamb ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Mike McCarty wrote:
> > If people around here (and elsewhere) would quit treating Linux/GNU
> > project as if it were a religion, a political statement, a way to
> > change the world paradigm, a poke in the eye at the mythically evil
> > MicroSoft Empire, a
Mike McCarty wrote:
> If people around here (and elsewhere) would quit treating Linux/GNU
> project as if it were a religion, a political statement, a way to
> change the world paradigm, a poke in the eye at the mythically evil
> MicroSoft Empire, an end to capitalism as we know it, and a triumph
>
Miles Bader wrote:
> Indeed. A simple "No" would suffice.
It rarely does because for it to suffice the newcomer would have to leave
it at that. They, at least in my experience, never do.
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Mike McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> It's sad when a newcomer to the list asks whether the list managers
> might change the list to make the Reply-to: field be the list itself,
> and a flame war erupts.
Indeed. A simple "No" would suffice.
-Miles
--
Saa, shall we dance? (from a dance-cla
Mike McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> It's sad when a newcomer to the list asks whether the list managers
> might change the list to make the Reply-to: field be the list itself,
> and a flame war erupts.
Indeed. A simple "No" would suffice.
-Miles
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Bruno Buys wrote:
To be honest, Mike and all others, the hostility in this list was worse
in the past. I felt some improvement in this respect. I don't follow
other linux lists to be able to compare, but in forums certainly there
are competition and hostility, so I don't think debian is a specia
Mike McCarty wrote:
> Kent West wrote:
>
>> Mike McCarty wrote:
>>
>>> If people around here (and elsewhere) would quit treating Linux/GNU
>>> project as if it were a religion, a political statement, a way to
>>> change the world paradigm, a poke in the eye at the mythically evil
>>> MicroSoft Emp
Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
later taters
Mmmm, taters
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Kent West wrote:
Mike McCarty wrote:
If people around here (and elsewhere) would quit treating Linux/GNU
project as if it were a religion, a political statement, a way to
change the world paradigm, a poke in the eye at the mythically evil
MicroSoft Empire, an end to capitalism as we know it, an
T.J. Duchene wrote:
<>
>
> I'm going to delibrately make a few comments now, and if everyone gets
> upset, so be it.
<>
Any group of people will end up arguing about stuff. Its the nature of
the beast. Frankly, though most of the arguing is off-topic, the fact
that people here argue is a good th
Mike McCarty wrote:
If people around here (and elsewhere) would quit treating Linux/GNU
project as if it were a religion, a political statement, a way to
change the world paradigm, a poke in the eye at the mythically evil
MicroSoft Empire, an end to capitalism as we know it, and a triumph
of the
T.J. Duchene wrote:
I'd like to start by applauding your effort to spread some oil
on these waters.
What follows is the $0.02 USD worth of commentary of one who
has essentially abandoned contributing in whatever small way he
did to this mail list.
Steve,
I'm sorry if you took my comments the
On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 09:45:34AM -0500, T.J. Duchene wrote:
> Nothing on these lists is a personal attack, and it gets so tiresome to
> see all this hostility all the time. Honestly, that's one of the
> greatest problems with Debian or any other list. You make a comment,
> and the next thing
On Thu, 2006-10-26 at 09:45 -0500, T.J. Duchene wrote:
>
> Nothing on these lists is a personal attack, and it gets so tiresome to
> see all this hostility all the time. Honestly, that's one of the
> greatest problems with Debian or any other list. You make a comment,
> and the next thing you g
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