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From: grante@reddwarf.rosemount.com (Grant Edwards)
Subject: Re: Linux thoroughly insulted by Infoworld!
Message-ID: <1995Jan19.173809.7732@rosevax.rosemount.com>
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Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 17:38:09 GMT
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Benjamin I. Williams (biwillia@crh0099.urh.uiuc.edu) wrote:
: How bout I call the author a lying asshole. Good enough? Yeah,
: the prick should TRY IT OUT before writing an article that belongs in
: comp.os.minix.advocacy (if there existed a newsgroup like this. SAYYY,
: wait a second...! IS the authors name Andy Tannenbaum? hahaha. FYI,
: Andy Tannenbaum was the very haughty creater of the minix shitty operating
: system. He happened to be silenced by Linus Torvalds in a thread that
: started in January of '92. Some attempt at revenge, if is was him! :)
How about we call all you people jumping on the "flame infoworld"
bandwagon a bunch of lying assholes. Good enough? Yeah, you pricks
should READ THE ARTICLE before flaming somebody for giving Linux a
positive review in a major trade rag.
It sure looks to me like his remark about Linux users being neurotic
was a bit of an understatement. You guys are making the Linux
community look not neurotic but downright schitzophrenic with paranoid
tendencies.
Sheesh.
--
Grant Edwards | Microsoft isn't the | Yow! You can't hurt me!! I
Rosemount Inc. | answer. Microsoft | have an ASSUMABLE MORTGAGE!!
| is the question, and |
grante@rosemount.com | the answer is no. |