On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 06:03:14AM -0500, David A. Bandel wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >On Mon, 25 Nov 2002 20:05:45 -0800 >begin "Net Llama!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed forth: > >> On 11/25/02 19:50, dep wrote: >> > i was just reading some stuff rick moen wrote in connection with >> > wordperfect for linux -- he and i were discussing describe on another >> > list -- and i found that on >> > http://linuxmafia.com/wpfaq/problems.html#WONTINSTALL he links to the >> > sxs editors page. rick is not a lightweight by any means, so i think >> > the link is a pretty good endorsement that the sxs authors have done >> > good. >> >> I couldn't agree less. I had the severe misfortune of having to sit in >> the cubicle next to Rick's for over a year. His singular talent is to >> speak & write prolificly about topics of which he knows nothing. He >> does a superb job of convinving others that he's an expert on many >> subjects, when in reality, all he does is ferret out other sources and >> present them as his own. And don't get me started on his shortcomings >> in the non-technical arena. > >Amen. Don't know him personally, but ... >Having conversed with him via e-mail on several occasions, he doesn't have >a clue (and spreads misinformation). Problem is, he does it so >convincingly it's simple for neophites to believe him. I only started one >of his books, one that was recommended by someone who should know better, >and I only got part way through before I threw is out. Full of BS and >misinformation. Better if he wasn't still hanging around.
That sounds like Jerry Pournelle (his fiction was OK when writing with Larry Niven, but otherwise I didn't like it either :-). Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 URL: http://www.celestial.com/ ``It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!'' -- Emiliano Zapata. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
