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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!caen!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!jmonroy From: jmonroy@netcom.com (Jesus Monroy Jr) Subject: Re: Can we quit with the "LINUX SUCKS" headers now please? Message-ID: <jmonroyCz38s0.58J@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <JKH.94Nov10141530@freefall.cdrom.com> Date: Fri, 11 Nov 1994 05:33:36 GMT Lines: 30 Jordan K. Hubbard (jkh@freefall.cdrom.com) wrote: : It hardly looks professional for newcomers to these newsgroups to see : dozens of messages with the subject "LINUX SUCKS"; it makes everyone : here look like a bunch of flamers who's own operating system has so : little going for it that all they can do with their spare time is : throw rocks at the other. : Please, Linux does NOT suck. It's got some nice features and instead : of flaming it, we really ought be looking very very hard at just why : it's got a user base about 5 times bigger than ours and thinking of : how we might address this imbalance! As the old saying goes "You : really can't argue with success." : I agree with Jordan. Although this thread may be my fault, I have no way to control it other than not adding to it (like I did tonight) With respect to Jordan's request, I won't post to this thread and ask that others do the same... at the very least change the "Subject" line. Thanks. -- Jesus Monroy Jr jmonroy@netcom.com Zebra Research /386BSD/device-drivers /fd /qic /clock /documentation ___________________________________________________________________________