amicus_curious wrote:
> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1190295.dA3auJu7qP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> http://www.faqs.org/faqs/linux/advocacy/faq-and-primer/
>>
>> A wee snippet that the trolls are unable to comprehend:
>>
>> 1.4 The Charter of comp.os.linux.advocacy
>>
>> The charter of comp.os.linux.advocacy is:
>>
>> For discussion of the benefits of Linux compared to other operating
>> systems.
>>
>
> For one who purports to have a PhD, you seem woefully dysfunctional
> in the area of logical thinking. As you cite, the FAQ states the
> charter to be, in part, "For discussion of the benefits of Linux
> compared to other operating systems." To suggest that means that the
> purpose is to simply praise Linux and to forbid any criticism is an
> illogical interpretation of the term "compared to". A more exact
> interpretation would be that a post is actually required to contrast
> Linux to Windows or some other operating system.
> It seems to say nothing about discussing market results for software
> such as Open Office, Apache, MySQL, Firefox, etc., which are not
> operating systems at all and, in any case, are mostly used on
> Windows. It says nothing about discussions of Microsoft's XBox and
> Zune compared to Sony PS3 and Apple iPod, either. I think the you
> "doth protest too much", as someone once said.
Nov. 10, 2005: Roy Schestowitz says "This is a Linux newsgroup."
Nov. 10, 2005 to Oct. 10, 2006: Roy Schestowitz sends 3,850 posts to cola
discussing
Microsoft.
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