Seen in the Toronto Star: "Mac vs. PC: the digital divide"

[Joel Goguen]

Call me cynical, but how often do major newspapers get tech quotes even
mostly right? :)

On Sat, 2010-02-20 at 21:42 -0500, James wrote:
> yeah i had a feeling the quotes were being used out of context
> 
> On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 9:32 PM, Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com>
> wrote:
>         David Patrick (djp) just chimed in on
>         irc://irc.freenode.net/#linuxcaffe:
>         
>         =====
>         
>         (2010-02-20 20:47:58) djp: BobJonkman: it's just embarrasing
>         to be
>         associated with such shabby writing
>         (2010-02-20 20:48:47) djp: mis-quoted out-of-context in a
>         pointless
>         story that was poorly crafted
>         (2010-02-20 20:49:00) djp: and this is after 2 hours of
>         nterviewing
>         (2010-02-20 20:49:46) djp: I spent 20 minutes explaining linux
>         to make
>         sure it was understood that I was for a THIRD thing
>         (2010-02-20 20:49:56) djp: stoopid
>         
>         [...]
>         
>         (2010-02-20 20:52:49) djp: mis quoted
>         (2010-02-20 20:53:19) djp: so I said;
>         (2010-02-20 20:53:34) djp: mac user probably ARE more creative
>         (2010-02-20 20:53:53) djp: Winsows user are more likely to
>         know what's
>         actually happening
>         (2010-02-20 20:54:08) djp: and linux user are more likely to
>         be making
>         it happen
>         (2010-02-20 20:54:31) djp: now THATs a quote
>         
>         =====
>         
>         (edited slightly to remove channel noise and extraneous
>         comments)
>         
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>         James wrote:
>         > "Mac users would opt for the Mini Cooper while PC users are
>         more
>         > likely to choose a truck or Dodge Charger"
>         > If I had to pick my dream car between the three, charger
>         would win :P
>         >
>         > Anyways I decided to read the article and the author doesn't
>         really
>         > know what's going on...I find it sad that linux users have
>         to be
>         > buddled with Windows(specially stereotypical) users that
>         mostly run pcs
>         >
>         > On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 6:29 PM, Daniel Robitaille
>         
>         > <robitaille at gmail.com <mailto:robitaille at gmail.com>> wrote:
>         >
>         >
>         http://www.thestar.com/living/article/766513--mac-vs-pc-the-digital-divide
>         >
>         >     but the interesting bit from that article is that it
>         contains quotes
>         >     from David Patrick, co-owner of the Linux Caffe in
>         Toronto about that
>         >     PC vs Mac "debate" in local coffee shops.  But not once
>         Linux is
>         >     presented as an alternative to the other two.  It just
>         felt weird
>         >     considering the name of that coffee place.
>         >
>         >
>         >     Daniel
>         >
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