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Re: [News] To Kind comp.os.linux.advocacy Readers

  • Subject: Re: [News] To Kind comp.os.linux.advocacy Readers
  • From: Sinister Midget <sinister@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 04:26:26 GMT
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
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On 2006-06-10, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> posted something concerning:
> Be aware. The trolls in this group are conspiring against me, off-list(NG).
>
> * They first aimed for character assassination
> * Then came the FUD - intimidation
> * Failing all the above, they now say the items are spam

You aren't the first. You won't be the last.

> Don't let the trolls ruin what the group has evolved to become. Please ignore
> their attempts to pull the tricks above, by ignoring.

I try to ignore most. Erik's about the only one I repeatedly entertain.
And he's getting pretty tiresome these days. He's certainly turning
into less and less of the threat he was once perceived to be. The rest
are just nice to have around to see them get kicked on ocassion.

> The description of this group goes somewhere along the lines of "the
> advantages of Linux compared to other platforms" (Google Groups, quoted from
> memory). Put differently, maybe negatively: "the disadvantages of platforms
> that are not Linux". Sometimes your enemy's weaknesses can be perceived as
> your strengths.

These days there are plenty of "strengths" in the form of MICROS~1
weaknesses.

-- 
The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.

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