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wd on Tuesday 01 November 2005 07:21

Excellent point. Owing to your post, I have made a vow never to reply trolls again. I promised this before, but I have always caved. Let Bailo talk trash on behalf of us...

I sometimes wonder how such posts can be found-search for. Are they not merely thrown into a big pile in cyberspace? Will people intentionally search for 'linux sux hard to use', for instance? I doubt it, unless they are off their medication.

True. Bad reputation is being fed by the mbuttes, which unfortunately still use Windows and thus have interest it keeping it alive. People always fear what they have not mastered yet.

Bear in mind thatsomeapplications are indeed difficult to use. This does not apply, however, to projects as large as Firefox, OpenOffice and the like. It often applies to a one-man application that was coded in some distant garage during a summer vacation.

Better ignore the opposition andadvocateLinux rather thandefendit. Not only should one killfile trolls, but also exclude them from archives where possible. Google Groups is the exception, ironically enough.

Roy

-- Roy S. Schestowitz Vista: as the reputation of "Longhorn" was mucked 11:50am up 67 days 17:39, 5 users, load average: 1.26, 1.07, 0.93