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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:4897 comp.os.linux.misc:33550 comp.os.os2.advocacy:74684 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!dangit From: dangit@netcom.com (Lam Dang) Subject: Re: Linux thoroughly insulted by Infoworld! Message-ID: <dangitD2Jz8s.EvG@netcom.com> Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <950116203411@lambada> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 14:07:40 GMT Lines: 28 Mr. Ed (ed.duomo@lambada.oit.unc.edu) wrote: : In the columns section of the Jan 16 Infoworld, there is a column : highly insulting to linux. In it the writer basically says the : following: : o linux is really not free : o linux users are as neurotic as Amiga fans : o linux is difficult to install (their senior systems analyst : apparently failed to install it) : o linux should be called "underware"! : He then goes on to refer to linux as underware throughout the column : -- over ten times. The column is also titled something like "Linux : should be called underware". Underware what? Hanes? Fruit of the loom? : BVD? How insulting! : What do you think of this? I'd react the same way to any product or process which poses a real threat to my making a living. If I'm a trade rag, what's in Linux for me? Linux, its developers, and its users must be doing something right to get this kind of attention. -- Lam Dang dangit@netcom.com