Linux vs. windows vs. macs. They are only tools. If one feels more
comfortable using a Craftsman screwdriver vs. a black-n-decker, who cares?
An OS is not an extension of ones worth or technical prowess. They are only
tools to do a job. However, in a limited resource environment (aka $$$)
that needs a central file server. Linux and Samba it think are the way to
go. Robust, scalable, no user licenses to buy, beyond the one for the
server (which could be had for free.) It's funny it's as bad a Chevy vs.
Ford. I don't care about betanews.com, they have nothing to offer.
Besides, if I'm not welcome, I won't go. No lost sleep here.
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Wyatt [mailto:awyatt@intergate.cx]
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 12:14 PM
To: slug@nks.net
Subject: [SLUG] Off topic, kind of ..
Hey guys, I wanted to take a moment to let you all know that linux users
don't seem to be welcome at betanews.com so it may be in everyone here's
interest not to go there .. I posted a few times, and ended up getting
reamed by other members for being a linux loser, I decided to start shooting
back, and well they decided to moderate .. only me .. They deleted posts
using "shutup", or "loser" all the way to some that I chose to use later
that need not be repeated here .. Funny if you dig through the posts, you
will see others using very similar language (Just look down a few comments,
you will see me being called a loser, but the post I made with that exact
word was deleted!), but since they are not linux users, they were not
targeted .. I have seen a lot of this over there over the last week or two,
for example they deleted a post that I spent over an hour writing concerning
a post made about how nothing else can compare to windows .. There was no
foul language in the post, i!
t !
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was a well thought out document including reference links .. Now it's gone
..
Again, just an FYI ..
Andrew
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