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Re: longest without a reboot

Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ AZ Nomad on Friday 04 January 2008 01:49 : \____
> 
>> On Thu, 3 Jan 2008 16:39:33 -0800, Jim Richardson <warlock@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>>>On Thu, 3 Jan 2008 18:44:06 +0000,
>>> Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>>
>>>>> 
>>>>> Tom Shelton is quite polite and intelligent, but he is usually here just
>>>>> to pour cold water on GNU/Linux, so prejudice should be justified.
>>>>> Suspicion rather...
>>>>> 
>>>>
>>>> Shelton's a troll, an off-topic, anti-charter poster.  He's been in my
>>>> killfile for yonks.
>>>>
>> 
>> 
>>>How is posting numbers and information concerning how fast OO on Linux
>>>starts up "off topic"?
>> 
>> It is offtopic because it is anti-linux garbage.  People don't use computers
>> to boot, start open office and shutdown over and over and over.
>> 
>> People start open office, and then do real work.  At doing real work,
>> openoffice is extremely fast and capable.
>> 
>> The 8-15 seconds required to start open office means nothing when the
>> computer
>> is then used for real work for the next several hours.  What matters is that
>> subsequent windows open within a second.
>> 
>> I guess the fast initial load time for microsoft word might be important when
>> you have a system that crashes constantly.
> 
> I agree. Talking about startup time is a case of diverting attention to
> non-issues, thereby escaping the great capabilities of OOo, some of which
> surpass MSO.
> 
> If Tom doesn't like Linux and Free software, he has subscribed to the wrong
> newsgroup.
> 

... which is why it's off-topic and anti-charter.  He's been in my
killfile for ages for this behaviour.

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