On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 20:16:31 -0400
Todd Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
> Didn't he just talk about how linux folks
> are fanatical? About his *personal* experiences with people who were
> "into" linux? He didn't talk squat about platforms, packages,
> replacements to M$ Office and Exchange, a
On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 07:41:26 +1000
Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I read Rob Enderle's article, and was a bit agro, but managed to write
> him something that wasn't quite so agro - I tried very hard to let
> intellect override my personal feelings, and believe it or not, I got
> a respo
On Sat, 2003-06-21 at 09:18, JoeHill wrote:
> You and I don't have a profit motive, he does.
That's exactly the point I wanted to make.
If *I* were writing for profit, by all means, there is nothing that
would be sacred - even if I held it personally revere - the idea would
be to write to sell m
On 21 Jun 2003 09:02:06 +1000
Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
> He's a writer. He's utilising current issues and making opinionated
> statements that he can justify in his own mind.
But comparing his analysis of Win 95 and OS/2 with his analysis of Linux
and its suitability for the ente
On Sat, 2003-06-21 at 08:22, JoeHill wrote:
> What does this have to do with the fact that he conducted an
> unsubstantiated and witless attack on Linux and open source?
>
> He's dodging the issue...makes no sense to me at all what he wrote...
He's a writer. He's utilising current issues and mak
Stephen Kuhn wrote:
I read Rob Enderle's article, and was a bit agro, but managed to write
him something that wasn't quite so agro - I tried very hard to let
intellect override my personal feelings, and believe it or not, I got a
response:
Original Message
Subject: Re: Are all wr
On 21 Jun 2003 07:41:26 +1000
Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
>
> Actually I wasn't paid for this at all, however it wouldn't be unusual
> for this to happen, one of the problems with a free product is it
> often doesn't have the resources to defend against a direct attack and
> Microso
On Sat, 2003-06-21 at 08:08, Robin Turner wrote:
> A surprisingly pleasant reply, I thought. I'll look forward to his
> Windows piece.
>
> Sir Robin
I was a bit taken aback by it's "nice-ness" - as I'm sure you can see he
saw my signature - but blasted not one iota of mean-ness back to me...
