Subj : Re: Mandrake vs Suse
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Willem van der Berg
Date : Thu Aug 26 2004 02:40 am

On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 07:22:58 -0700, SkipC wrote:
> I used to be a big fan of Mandrake. They had a seamless installer way
> before RedHat decided to do the same. But with the French being so
> arrogant in their stand against the US (while claiming that we
> Americans are the arrogant ones), well I just can't support a company
> that's based in France any longer. I have similar feelings about Suse
> being a German company.. To me RedHat whether its Fedora or what I've
> got Professional Workstation, either is far superior than Suse or
> Mandrake. I've got nothing but good things to say about RedHat. Their
> customer support has been first rate (when I've had to resort to
> that).. Most of the time, their documentation leads me right to what I
> need. Redhat's also realist in my humble opinion. They know Microsoft
> has the desktop market edge, so their going after the server market.
> Good business move if you ask me. I'm thankful they've not totally
> abandoned the desktop. Fedora's a great distro.. For me, I'll stick
> with the best American Linux. Anyway, just my two cents.

You can't... support a company based in France or Germany?
My god, you really do have a misguided image of the world. It's almost
funny.

Put your money where your mouth is my friend. Install your American
Fedora. Then go ahead and strip every single line of code that was ever
touched by a Frenchman or a German. You will love your all-American Linux
distro!

Do you even know why you are anti-France and anti-Germany? Where are
Russia, Belgium, China and all the others on your list? Or do you just
soak up the propaganda without questioning? Wake up man, the only
countries who were American allies during the 9/11 aftermath were those
countries who depended in some way on US support. The fact that the entire
world opposed of the American move to bomb a country because it wanted to
(no legitimate reasons and definitely no link with 9/11) of course doesn't
mean that it was wrong: Americans are never wrong and the rest of the
world is still living in the stone age anyway, how would they know?
Without our American guardian we would all be lost. In fact we should all
be thankful for our American buddies, who are all busy protecting the Free
World.

Don't you see the irony in your post... you think it's unfair the world
views Americans as ignorant and arrogant. Not only do you apparently
fit the stereotype perfectly, you also think it's okay to be
anti-French and anti-Germany. Neither generalisation is justified. As long
as you cannot get that through your skill, it will be people like you that
keep the American stereotype alive.

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