I read it as "Quit harassing me to use your favorite OS. I have something I like that doesn't take significant time to do what I want. That way I can use that time on more important things (to her)". Does she care about linux in particular? No, she cares about doing other things that are more important to her.
And personally, I figure that sending emails to tell someone why they are a lazy bonehead for not realizing how great linux is may be a terrible way to change someone's opinion. And lest we think that's a bit over the top, I've seen lazy and doubts about her integrity in this email chain. Not the best selling position that I've ever seen. Jason On Sep 10, 2009, at 3:06 PM, William Attwood wrote: > The entire post is focused around her decision not to care enough > about > Linux to invest some medial time to create a foundation for her > opinions. > All I see in this is someone saying they don't care in many > different ways. > I think it's the longest post I've read in some time where someone > should > just say "I don't care about Linux, please stop telling me to look > into it." > > -Will > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 2:47 PM, Shane Hathaway > <sh...@hathawaymix.org>wrote: > >> Charles Curley wrote: >>> http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/035550.html >>> >>> The lady makes some very good points. >> >> My solution to her dilemma: I use OpenVPN and x11vnc to be the >> "household Linux butler" for my extended family. It works out quite >> well and doesn't consume much of my time. >> >> Shane >> >> >> /* >> PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net >> Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug >> Don't fear the penguin. >> */ >> > > > > -- > Take care, > William Attwood > Idea Extraordinaire > wattw...@gmail.com > > Samuel > Goldwyn<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/s/samuel_goldwyn.html > > > - "I'm willing to admit that I may not always be right, but I am never > wrong." > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
