HOW-TO: Giving up Ubuntu

[Duncan Lithgow]

Derek Broughton wrote:

>Duncan Lithgow wrote:
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>>Derek Broughton wrote:
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>>>Timothy A. Holmes wrote:
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>>>>I'm insulted and angry that people react so agressively to my earlier
>>>>post.
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>>>>Duncan
>>>>[Timothy A. Holmes]
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>>>>Duncan -- I tend to agree with you -- this is a mindset that the Linux
>>>>community at large MUST get over if we hope to have a chance of winning
>>>>a large number of converts --
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>>>This is the problem.  We're not in a race.  We have no need for a large
>>>number of converts.  We don't need market share (in fact, free software,
>>>under the existing definitions, _can't_ have market share - no matter how
>>>many Linux desktops we have, the 'market share' will be restricted to
>>>those that bought a commercial Linux variant).
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>>>We simply don't _have_ to get over anything, and being told that we do is
>>>likely to get people's backs up.
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>>Okay, I'll reword Tims post so it is more palletable to you:
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>>"...I tend to agree with you -- this is a mindset that makes the Linux
>>community at large appear hostile to non-linux users, we would benefit
>>from avoiding this mindset if we want to share Linux with a broader
>>share of computer users."
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>>Now, try and answer the points in the text,
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>I can't, since I can't see any post that he's responding to.  As far as my
>newsreader (I read this list via gmane news) is concerned, Tim's post is
>the first in the thread.
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it'd probably be a good idea to check the archive then, otherwise you're
just jumping in half way through a conversation.

>I will, however, reiterate that, despite your rewording of the statement, I
>don't think it's an issue.  If non-linux users are turned off by the
>attitude of linux users, such is the nature of the linux users.  We, the
>linux community, are what we are and neither likely to change nor
>particularly in need of change.
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i'm not so sure, most of us like to think that as the years go by we
become better people... more approachable, wiser etc. I hope the same is
true for the linux user base

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>If you think _my_ post was hostile, then it's no wonder you think Linux
>users get hostile.  
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you're right, your post was minimally hostile, but read the whole thread
and you'll see what i mean.

duncan