In article <9vvtg4-smj.ln1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> > __/ [ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ] on Friday 04 May 2007 16:35 \__
> >
> >> I have no idea what kind of a person Reiser is or what the merits of
> >> the case against him are---frankly, I don't care. But it irritates me
> >> that the trolls have made a big deal out of this, as if, somehow if he
> >> were guilty, it would be an indictment of the entire Linux and FOSS
> >> movement. Looks like an astronaut is involved in a murder case now,
> >> too. Same will be true of any sufficiently large group of people
> >> (doctors, professors, lawyers, programmers, wintrolls...).
> >
> > I am aware of some Microsoft employees who did nasty things as well. I
> > suppose Hand Reiser was seen as somewhat of a poster child though.
>
> Unfortunately, this is how politics works, and interestingly, you can
> see the Windows trolls in cola trying the same tactic; if you throw
> enough mud, some will stick.
Note how they both forget that the first public mention of the Reiser
case in COLA was a posting by Roy, in which he managed to work in
something anti-Microsoft. Apparently, using Reiser's troubles for
trolling is OK when it is Roy doing it.
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--Tim Smith
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