C.O.L.A a Detriment to Linux and the Biggest JOKE on USENET

comp.os.linux.advocacy is supposed to be a Linux advocacy group? Wow! you had me fooled! So what is the secret to finding the advocacy messages? All I see is a collection of some of the saddest, most bitter and possibly psychologically damaged people on all of USENET. Well, maybe alt.bondage has a few more sickos, but c.o.l.a is running a close second. Does anyone here realize how much damage is being done to the reputation of Linux, which at the moment is not that great, by the core group of prolific posters, who claim to be Linux advocates? I hate Linux. I think it is a terrible system for a home computer and at least to me it's easy to see why Linux has gotten virtually no place in the home market (the largest market for software). Linux is an unknown because people already have Windows and while Windows is far from perfect, and way overpriced, for the majority of people, Windows works fine. So what motivation do they have to move to Linux? Linux is free? Sure it is, buttuming your time has no value. And before you insert standard advocacy line 55, ie:what about virri-spyware-etc I, like most people have that totally automated. Updates, scans,removes (if necessary) all by itself.

The typical Linux thread goes like this: google troll flatfish! (how the hell this fool can post from 100 different ISP's is really confusing me. I suspect flatfish isn't responsible for most of the troll messages here). Changing the topic. Lying. Avoiding direct questions. Saying things like "who would use that" when a Linux application fails to do what a Windows application can do. Name calling. Hijacking the thread to Microsoft is a crook etc. Dragging up ancient comments made by erik. Ganging up on the poster to discredit him.

There is so much bullpoo in this group if it wasn't so sad it would be funny. People using 486 machines to edit video and photo's? Gimp as good as Photoshop. How about Open Office which is another lie. Think about it for a second: Microsoft Office $495.00 vs OpenOffice $0.00

So why aren't people flocking to OO? And why has Microsoft's cash cow (Office) continue to grow in sales? Why you ask? Because OpenOffice, while decent for a free suite, is NOT AS GOOD as MS Office and people are not willing to risk their jobs using some half butted Office suite that may or may not be compatable with MS Office which IS the standard.

I travel a lot and thus spend much time in airports and on planes. I almost NEVER see Linux on any business travelers laptop. NEVER. Hotels? Many use Goldentree for their broadband and wireless access points in the lounges and rooms and Linux has a hard time with it.

My advice to the Defect Linux advocates in this group is to either advocate Linux or just plain leave because not only are you hurting Linux, you are making yourselve's look like crazies and thus turning off potential users.

Dvorak had it spot on.

Wilburr