On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 17:52:56 +0100, Mark Kent wrote:
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ Peter Köhlmann on Friday 28 September 2007 09:47 : \____
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> ____/ Kier on Friday 28 September 2007 08:55 : \____
>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 01:16:38 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> ____/ Peter Köhlmann on Thursday 27 September 2007 23:34 : \____
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Kier wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:06:04 +0200, Peter Köhlmann wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Killing Microsoft's Clippy with open source
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>>>>>>> | Michael Meeks has a tough job. Anyone who's struggled with making
>>>>>>>>>> | documents not created in the Word interface with Microsoft Office
>>>>>>>>>> | should be able to sympathise.
>>>>>>>>>> `----
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39289664,00.htm?r=3
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> So where exactly did you find that he is a "Another OOXML Embracer"?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Not in this article, certianly.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Exactly. Roy has been making stuff up.
>>>>>>> He is like Mark Kent: Mindlessly hating Novell. Because Novell acted
>>>>>>> different than the GPL3-mob wanted them to do
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Good interview, BTW.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yes, it is. It takes quite a lot of mindless hatred to read idiocy
>>>>>>> like "Another OOXML Embracer" into it
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Roy, whatever you did smoke: Leave it to cretins like DFS or billwg.
>>>>>>> It is bad for linux when "advocates" (you *do* advocacy, do you?) are
>>>>>>> outright lying and misrepresenting what people actually say.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> From someone who knows that stuff (not me):
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "And now that I remember well, the guy who wrote the bootstrap is
>>>>>> Michael Meeks, Novell employee, a contributor to the OpenOffice project
>>>>>> (not entirely sure if he only contributes to the Novell branch, or to
>>>>>> the regular OpenOffice branch as well), old contributor of Gnumeric,
>>>>>> close friend of Miguel."
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>> http://boycottnovell.com/2007/09/05/silverlight-mono-novell/#comment-1949
>>>>>
>>>>> So what? Doesn't prove your point one iota.
>>>>
>>>> There was an interview before that (the one which I refer to in the reply
>>>> to Stephane. Some of Novell staff obediently follows a strategy that is
>>>> self destructive, IMHO.
>>>>
>>>
>>> In other words, there was *another* interview (one you have not yet linked
>>> to?) which equally does not support your claim?
>>> Well, I certainly can't await for your misrepresenting it too in your
>>> mindless hatred for Novell
>>
>> No, I actually like Novell, but I'm worried about what they did and I hope they
>> can reverse/retract. Every Saturday I still post material in defence of
>> Novell. As far as the deal goes, it's all against Novell.
>>
>>> Don't you recognize what you are doing here, Roy? You hate Novell with a
>>> passion (that GPL3-cult thing you adore so much), and in this mindless
>>> hatred you react exactly like DumbFullShit, "linux-sux", flatfish and other
>>> assorted windows using scum. You are not a tiny little shred better than
>>> them when you post your Novell-drivel
>>
>> I have no affiliation with the FSF (neither a mental tie, nor a membership). I
>> care about being able to run on Free softwar (e.g. Linux) and the GPL is
>> needed for this. Novell turns Linux into what Windows is. It's just a
>> proprietary stack on top of open source foundations. And patents, and
>> technology Microsoft controls...
>>
>> *sigh*
>>
>> I added a new page this morning and I hope it succinctly explains why the deal
>> is horrid. http://boycottnovell.com/no-to-novell/
>>
>
> Roy, you're wasting your time with both Peter and Kier. Kier likes to
> be trolled, indeed, has said so, and Peter is just not rational when it
> comes to GPLv3.
Don't lie, Mark.
--
Kier
|
|
