Subj : Re: processing..
To   : Nick Andre
From : Dan Cross
Date : Sat Feb 01 2020 14:17:43

On 31 Jan 2020 at 02:31p, Nick Andre pondered and said...
 
 NA> On 01 Feb 20  03:18:52, Dan Cross said the following to Nick Andre:
 NA> 
 NA> DC> To turn your argument on it's head, perhaps a different interpretation
 NA> DC> is that people who are interested in experimenting are drawn to Linux
 NA> DC> and Unix because it's much more open and one can do more with it.
 NA> 
 NA> Sorry, no disrespect, I do enjoy conversing with you - but I refuse to
 NA> nitpick/quote-rant. Thats not my style of replies and anyone who writes 
 NA> replies to me in such a way just looks like trying to "win" some
 NA> arguement... theres nothing to turn on its head, because I'm not arguing.

Eh?  Sorry if you misinterpreted it, but I meant "argument" in the
academic sense, as in that's your position, not that you are in the
fact of arguing.

 NA> BBS'ing on Linux never really bothers me, Mystic and Synchronet bring 
 NA> newcomers to the hobby. Its the operation of Fido and FTN stuff on Linux
 NA> that I have seen for over two decades being hit-or-miss. Largely a miss,
 NA> and having Linux shoved down my throat for two decades by a few of the
 NA> most insufferable zealots imaginable. So I do have a right to this
 NA> opinion after all this time.

As I stated earlier, of course you have the right to have your own
opinion.  However, I do not believe that opinion is based on objective
fact.

It seems some obnoxious jerks drank the Linux koolaid and were, well,
obnoxious about it.  However, it does not follow from that that Linux
is bad software, or incapable of supporting high-quality Fidonet
software.

However, a position of, "people suggesting -- nay, DEMANDING -- that
I use Linux and shouting that my preferred solution sucked in
comparison are jerks, therefore Linux sucks for this application" is
not a position rooted in objective fact.  In particular, nowhere was
the actual quality, or lack thereof, of the operating system examined.

 NA> "Insufferable zealots" being the most polite way to describe them. It
 NA> takes a special kind of insufferable zealot to whine at me about
 NA> MSGID/REPLY because the *lack* of that kludge causes problems for that
 NA> person's Linux tosser.

Ok.

 NA> When I start a friendly conversation or reply to someone, and that
 NA> person replies with "Your DOS software is shit" or experiments with
 NA> their system in a way that affects the operation of the network; my
 NA> disdain for Fido-on-Linux I really believe is valid and logical
 NA> especially after all this time.

Except it isn't, really.  Your disdain is really for zealots or
careless operators.  That's not the operating system's fault.

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