Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ Mark Kent on Wednesday 09 January 2008 20:03 : \____
>
>> SW <sw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Mark Kent wrote:
>>>
>>> > I have to agree. Taking 1/2 hour just for the OS is truly abysmal.
>>>
>>> Kubuntu took 42 minutes including the update of 89 packages. That's
>>> good, right? Six more CUPS updates this morning took less than a minute.
>>>
>>>
>>> > Then two or three apps takes a further 1/2 hour... it would take days to
>>> > get most machines usable.
>>>
>>> I didn't say two or three apps took 30 minutes to install.
>>
>> I'll quote you:
>>
>>>> It took me exactly 30 minutes and two to install XP Pro with SP3.
>>>> Restoring an older image would have taken less than 15 minutes. Add
>>>> another 25-30 mins to install Office 2003, Flash, PDF reader and a
>>>> few other utilities.
>>
>> That looks like two or three to me. If you can't post what you mean,
>> it's hardly my fault.
>>
>>> Try reading <snip abuse>
>>
>> As soon as the abuse starts, I lose interest. If you have a point, then
>> make it without being abusive, otherwise please find a more suitable
>> group.
>
> SW is a troll. Some people thought it was Gary Stewart, but it's not.
>
It's an interesting issue that the abuse usually (but not always)
equates to someone being a troll. Now and again, I like to point out
that the abuse is inappropriate, as I did above.
Frankly, I find it hard to understand how anyone could believe that
shovelling abuse at other people could make their own position seem more
convincing...
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