I was contacted by the editor of that article today, and told that he would be willing to publish any "reasonable rebuttal." I told him I was kind of busy, but I'd consider it. So, if anyone wants to feed me verbiage, I'll at least collect it. Maybe we'll put something reasonable together that I can forward to them.
Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: John Alvord [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 5:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Rudy de Haas' Defamation On Mon, 27 May 2002 19:33:01 -0400, "Post, Mark K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I thought quite a while before deciding to write this note. I finally >decided that it was worth the trouble and risk of being ignored. > >Rudy de Haas' (aka Paul Murphy) latest and final article in his series on >Linux/390 was really too much to have to deal with in what should be a >reputable publication such as LinuxWorld. Inferring that the subscribers of >the Linux-390 mailing list are the same as gullible members of a religious >cult is crossing the line of responsible journalism into territory that I >don't even know how to categorize. > >In his zeal to criticize IBM and the Linux/390 platform, he seems to be >unaware of one possible explanation for all the things he can't understand >about the platform and its supporters: they might be right and he might be >wrong. In his last column he makes the comment "The list members know >what's going on, most of them have daily access to Linux on the mainframe >and can see its costs and limitations far more clearly than outsiders can." >Which is true. In his mind, though, that just makes them deluded cult >members, as opposed to intelligent professionals who know a good thing when >they see it. > >If Mr. de Haas had actually listened to the responses he got, instead of >taking them as further evidence of a collective delusion, he might have >avoided libeling thousands of honest, hardworking IT professionals. >Instead, he chose to drape himself in the mantel of self-righteousness and >proceed in his own delusion. > >To use a British turn of phrase, bad show, both on his part, and yours as >well. > >Mark Post Maybe some people here should author a rebuttal and see if LinuxWorld would publish it. john
