As a fervent reader of slashdot (you know the online ezine thingie for "da yoot") I came across a link to your newspapers article about A REBELLIOUS REACTION TO THE LINUX REVOLUTION By James Coates
Im not sure how to classify this article.. is it, like Mr. James seems to suggest with his words ; "Today I must cast all caution to the world wide wind and express some of the most unpopular views one can take here on the Binary Beat." a paper printed TROLL, like the ones all of us "yoot" seem to know from the more serious news in the world, the usenet newsgroups?
(If you dont know what either slashdot, a Troll, or usenet is, I suggest you find another Job, so I wont explain those terms, having faith you DO know your job.)
Or is it just that Mr. James does not like "yoot" ?
Of course it also is possible that Mr. James is a clueless newbie on interactive media, Internet in perticular, which also would strike me as odd, since he is publishing in a well known paper on the subject, so you presume he knows stuff.
Last option I can think of is that Mr. James will get money if MS stock rises, or he is just bribed by Bill period.
Cause, the whole article is just packed with damn lies! No? The article is truthfull? Lets take aside the obvious raving against "yoot" and "followers chanting World domination, NOW" (Sjees, Mr James cant see a joke if he tripped on it, can he?) and get to the damn lies :
"In fact, the information revolution that has allowed us to prosper right along with Binary Bill was made possible by the empowerment of these applications--everything from Web browsers to e-mail engines, to CD-ROM shoot'em-up games like Doom and Quake, to personal finance packages."
So you state that Binary Bill is personally responsible for the heaven on earth in shape of Web Browsers (mind I remind you that the MS WebBrowsers was about the LAST one made) e-mail engines (I really hope Chicago doesnt run Exchange, Id like my email to arrive.. probably not, sysadmins are ussually less stupid than breadwriters : www.chicagotribune.com is running Netscape-Enterprise/2.01 on Solaris) Like before MS there was no email.. get a grip! Sure, now Billie made us Doom and Quake.. be real! You DO know that stuff runs better on linux do you? You DO know the first DOOM servers ran on Linux do you?
But giving you something.. Granted.. If you use anly MS stuff, you must have a good personal finance app.. that for sure is true.
"The Internet was working swell on traditional Unix, Macintosh and Windows NT before Linux was much more than a glimmer in Linus' eye,"
Did Mr. James OD on XTC? Did you do same fact checking? Internet working swell on Macs and NT?? Well your servers arent running it.. wisely so. Why does Mr. James fail to realize that the internet was running on Unix before NT was a glimmer in Bill Gate's eye. ? Or did he just conveniently forget?
It STILL doesnt run well on Macs and NT, let alone say, 3 years ago. On traditional Unix? Yeah sure, whatever that is. If I take it to be Solaris, BSD's, and AIX you are right. Big difference thou : for those you PAY ALOT. Well, less now they have a FREE competition to take into account.
Oh, and in the meantime, if you want to save the paper some money, tel the sysops to switch from solaris to Linux dude.
And theres my story, why the hell is the Chicago Tribune afraid of Linux? To me it looks like another J.E. Hoover screaming COMMIES!!!! Even that is ok, I think, after all imho you can say all you want, to all who wants to listen. But getting the facts staight is something you do expect from a newspaper. Otherwise the paper is totally useless, and just another propaganda machine.
The most to the point comment from slashdot :
"on usenet, he indeed would be a troll, but in chicago tribune he is yet another reporter who will be getting an invitation to the next geek party at bill gates' house."
I also hope, since you have the nerve to publish utter nonsense, probably to get some hits on your website, you also have the nerve to post some comments from readers. Hereby I grant my permission to use this article, uncrippled, in any shape of media you like.
Oh and please leave the key to "da yoot" on your way out.
Last word of advise, dear Owen, seek some well writing "yoot", perhaps from slashdot, to get some clue in your paper. As well as writer style.
Kind Regards,
Richard van Beers (beers@xs4all.nl) Amsterdam, The Netherlands
My cyrix 166, firewall, still uses a '90 Apple 15" Sony trinitron tube. It survived 2 Mac's. The monitor wont die before you want a new spiffy iMac. And, they are replaceble.
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Dear Mr. Owen Youngman,
As a fervent reader of slashdot (you know the online ezine thingie for "da yoot") I came across a link to your newspapers article about
A REBELLIOUS REACTION TO THE LINUX REVOLUTION
By James Coates
Im not sure how to classify this article.. is it, like Mr. James seems to suggest with his words ; "Today I must cast all caution to the world wide wind and express some of the most unpopular views one can take here on the Binary Beat." a paper printed TROLL, like the ones all of us "yoot" seem to know from the more serious news in the world, the usenet newsgroups?
(If you dont know what either slashdot, a Troll, or usenet is, I suggest you find another Job, so I wont explain those terms, having faith you DO know your job.)
Or is it just that Mr. James does not like "yoot" ?
Of course it also is possible that Mr. James is a clueless newbie on interactive media, Internet in perticular, which also would strike me as odd, since he is publishing in a well known paper on the subject, so you presume he knows stuff.
Last option I can think of is that Mr. James will get money if MS stock rises, or he is just bribed by Bill period.
Cause, the whole article is just packed with damn lies! No? The article is truthfull? Lets take aside the obvious raving against "yoot" and "followers chanting World domination, NOW" (Sjees, Mr James cant see a joke if he tripped on it, can he?) and get to the damn lies :
"In fact, the information revolution that has allowed us to prosper right along with Binary Bill was made possible by the empowerment of these applications--everything from Web browsers to e-mail engines, to CD-ROM shoot'em-up games like Doom and Quake, to personal finance packages."
So you state that Binary Bill is personally responsible for the heaven on earth in shape of Web Browsers (mind I remind you that the MS WebBrowsers was about the LAST one made) e-mail engines (I really hope Chicago doesnt run Exchange, Id like my email to arrive.. probably not, sysadmins are ussually less stupid than breadwriters : www.chicagotribune.com is running Netscape-Enterprise/2.01 on Solaris)
Like before MS there was no email.. get a grip!
Sure, now Billie made us Doom and Quake.. be real! You DO know that stuff runs better on linux do you? You DO know the first DOOM servers ran on Linux do you?
But giving you something.. Granted.. If you use anly MS stuff, you must have a good personal finance app.. that for sure is true.
"The Internet was working swell on traditional Unix, Macintosh and Windows NT before Linux was much more than a glimmer in Linus' eye,"
Did Mr. James OD on XTC? Did you do same fact checking? Internet working swell on Macs and NT?? Well your servers arent running it.. wisely so.
Why does Mr. James fail to realize that the internet was running on Unix before NT was a glimmer in Bill Gate's eye. ? Or did he just conveniently forget?
It STILL doesnt run well on Macs and NT, let alone say, 3 years ago. On traditional Unix? Yeah sure, whatever that is. If I take it to be Solaris, BSD's, and AIX you are right. Big difference thou : for those you PAY ALOT. Well, less now they have a FREE competition to take into account.
Oh, and in the meantime, if you want to save the paper some money, tel the sysops to switch from solaris to Linux dude.
And theres my story, why the hell is the Chicago Tribune afraid of Linux? To me it looks like another J.E. Hoover screaming COMMIES!!!!
Even that is ok, I think, after all imho you can say all you want, to all who wants to listen. But getting the facts staight is something you do expect from a newspaper. Otherwise the paper is totally useless, and just another propaganda machine.
The most to the point comment from slashdot :
"on usenet, he indeed would be a troll, but in chicago tribune he is yet another reporter who will be getting an invitation to the next geek party at bill gates' house."
I also hope, since you have the nerve to publish utter nonsense, probably to get some hits on your website, you also have the nerve to post some comments from readers. Hereby I grant my permission to use this article, uncrippled, in any shape of media you like.
Oh and please leave the key to "da yoot" on your way out.
Last word of advise, dear Owen, seek some well writing "yoot", perhaps from slashdot, to get some clue in your paper. As well as writer style.
Kind Regards,
Richard van Beers (beers@xs4all.nl) Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Thanks to the little old ladies for paying for my bandwith, with there way to expensive accounts.
My cyrix 166, firewall, still uses a '90 Apple 15" Sony trinitron tube. It survived 2 Mac's. The monitor wont die before you want a new spiffy iMac.
And, they are replaceble.