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

[Doug Stewart]

I will go farther.
Of all the things that I have first-hand knowledge of --  the newspapers
have never gotten it right.

Doug

On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 8:33 AM, Joel Goguen <jgoguen at jgoguen.ca> wrote:

> 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)
> >
> >         Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com>
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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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> >         >     Daniel Robitaille
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