Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-12-06 at 00:43, Chad Perrin wrote:
>
>>Guilty as charged.
>>I'll work on my handling of things. I swear.
>>Gawd, I sound like an abusive boyfriend promising he'll change.
>
>
> I have a simple rule that I've learned ...
>
> I don't tell other people how their distro works if I don't use it.
> I don't justify my distro choice against theirs.
> I don't try to explain how I prefer my distro's choice over theirs.
>
> Because in the end, not only I'm just commenting on their distro from
> ignorance. Not only can I not be objective in my comparison because I
> have no idea of half of what I'm talking about. But the whole concept
> of a "justification" or "decision" involves making it an "X versus Y."
>
> I use X. I like X. I am familiar with X. I trust X.
>
> Why justify it against Y? Especially when I keep trying to be so-called
> "objective" when the other person who uses Y, which I have _never_, says
> my statements on Y are incorrect -- all while he _avoids_ commenting X.
>
> Sorry dude, I've shown a _lot_ of "restraint" on this one. I posted
> that one example post entitled 'I don't run Debian because it is a 14 CD
> "kitchen sink" distro ...' in the hope that you'd realize _exactly_ what
> you are doing.
>
>
As have I (shown a lot of restraint). My off-list emails should be
evidence of what happens when I loosen up the restraints a little bit.
This email is indicative of your tendency to provoke others. I ask you
to cease and desist in your passive-aggressive sniping.
-- Chad ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided as an unmoderated internet service by Networked Knowledge Systems (NKS). Views and opinions expressed in messages posted are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of NKS or any of its employees.
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