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Re: [News] Novell's Michael Meeks -- Another OOXML Embracer (Like Miguel "Superb Standar^Hd" de Icaza)

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.

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