Tell the Star Trek freaks to move out of the basement, take off the ears,
stop trying to learn to speak Klingon and join the rest of us in a nice
place called: "Reality"....
Better yet, don't....we don't need those clowns infecting the gene pool.
----- Original Message -----
From: John Arkoulis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: VanLUG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 3:39 AM
Subject: [newbie] Re: Fw: Linux
> A couple of days ago I was surfing on the net and went on a Star Trek
site. I
> liked what they had and out of good faith I sent them the message << lets
port
> it to Linux>>
> I thought that the Linux community had an attitude but I was wrong.
> This is the answer that I received.
> Now what would you answer to them??/
> I really do not like people that are that sarcastic especially to someone
that
> they do not know.
> I would appreciate any ideas!!!
>
> On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, also sprach: > -----
> Original Message ----- > From: Richard Sliwa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To:
John
> Arkoulis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 1:46
PM >
> Subject: Re: Linux >
> >
> > > At 13:31 26/06/00 -0700, you wrote:
> > > >Come on guys. Lets port these great stuff over to Linux.
> > >
> > > To which particular flavour of Linux desktop environment do you want
us to
> > > port?
> > >
> > > And just what "stuff" is it you want us to port? The only material on
our
> > > site which isn't directly relevant to Linux are the startup screens
and
> > > desktop themes which are irrelevant anyway.
> > >
> > > Anyway, why should *we* port it? We're part of the Windows online
> > community
> > > (despite the fact that our server is actually running on Linux -
Windoze
> > > just isn't up to it!), why can't the online Linux community do
something
> > > about it? After all, linux is meant to be the single largest
collaborative
> > > project going, isn't it?
> > >
> > > And isn't Linux all about tinkering away oneself - why would any Linux
> > user
> > > want to rely on all our pre-compiled suff?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Richard Sliwa
> > > Star Trek in Sound and Vision http://www.STinSV.com
> > > Boldly Going Where No Web Site Has Ever Gone Before
> > >
> --
> Windoze is a virus with a user interface.
> This message was created with Linux
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