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Dvorak on the LinuxWorld Fracas

Posted by Zonk on from the fuel-on-the-fire dept.

An anonymous reader writes "John C. Dvorak has entered the fray, offering his opinion on the O'Gara LinuxWorld flap. From the article: '...the Linux community is slowly evolving into a state of mob rule, with the cheerleaders being paranoid crackpot leftovers from the waning days of Amiga.' "

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  1. Re:Cheap shot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It's great seeing the Linux community proving exactly what Dvorak is talking about.

    I can't wait to see this thread unfold. The fact that you know deterministically that this will turn into a "Dvorak SuX bcuz hes lame" marathon proves exactly how right he is.

    To the replies saying "no, wait, we're not like that" -- read Slashdot more. The deterioration from a site where intelligent people shared ideas into a cesspool of nonstop idiocy and foolhardy arguments powered by nothing more than zealotry is astounding.

    I'm glad today happened to be the once in a long time that I chose to read this site. This kind of discussion always reminds me why I should no longer waste my time in this community.

  2. I'M AN OPEN PROXY, BAN ME! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    This message is posted from an open proxy. Open proxies are used to crapflood sites like Slashdot. Please mod this comment down so the proxy gets banned. If you don't care about open proxies, please mod this comment down because it's offensive to NIGGERS and KIKES.

    Tue May 17 18:52:59 CEST 2005 [6870]

  3. GET SOME PRIORITIES!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    There is a BIG group of people in this world who think nothing of flying planes into buildings over perceived insults to a book of unsubstantiated conjecture, yet the most pressing topic in your naive worlds is internecine quibbling about an OS? While the world burns, you people have become Nero incarnate.

  4. Re:Against my better judgement by winkydink · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yet another high-id dotter dissing Stallman for all the wrong reasons.

    Funny comment from user id 831,679.

    I've paid to work with *NIX since 1983. You? For the record, I've never been 100% comfortable with Stallman.

    Do you really belive Stallman is no more a zealot than the other people you cite? You start with a definitive statement and then modify it by saying, "just like those three had in varying degrees". Which is it? The same or different?

    --

    "I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismometer." -Ken Kesey