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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>If people are more turned off by “inane”
comments of some proponents than they are by the actions of Microsloth then it
says more about their own mindsets than it does about us.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Personally I find this line or argument
close to those for certain political or religious views. Either you buy
it or you don’t and attempting to force others to see it your way is
itself a form of zealotry in my not so humble opinion. “Adults”
do play and word play is certain a form of play. Those who decry
such play try to imply those of us who engage in it are “children”.
They are themselves guilty of the same attempt to cast aspersions on opposing
views as the ones that seem to offend them. As a “adult”
I’m quite willing to enjoy puns, irony, alliteration and other forms of
word play and yes even if some without a sense of humor are “turned off”
by it. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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ale-bounces@ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Brian MacLeod<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, September 23,
2009 3:11 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Atlanta
Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [ale] Let's Party!
(To celebrate computer viruses!)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Michael B. Trausch <<a
href="mailto:mbt@zest.trausch.us">mbt@zest.trausch.us</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Or, expressed with
slightly less obvious bias: Windows lacks a sound<br>
philosophy for compartmentalized software and is, has been, and will be<br>
until its death vulnerable to all sorts of problems stemming from poorly<br>
thought out design and implementation. Even worse, the company is and<br>
historically has been a very good _business_, in the sense that they<br>
know how to get the money, regardless of the social, security, or other<br>
implications.<br>
<br>
Of course, I think many of us could go on and on and on, but really.<br>
Let's at least be adult about it and call it like it is, without<br>
resorting to childish wordplay and dysphemisms. After all, they have<br>
given us enough to work with without making ourselves look like the<br>
imbeciles we already know they are. It gets old.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><br>
As a business major, I find the association of the name Microsoft and the idea
of good business insulting. They are a great marketing company. But
good business entails meeting the needs of a segment and having everyone feel
they got something good out of it, and that society overall benefits from the
interaction. It is obvious that the business which Microsoft conducts
typically yields significantly less benefit for society than for itself...<br>
<br>
...since we're in the mood to be correcting things. <br>
<br>
I too tire of the zealotry to the point of renaming things, but not because
it's annoying for me to parse, but for me to have to explain to others who are
looking for options that 1) don't require further explanation as to the
renaming/making fun of the first option (yes, I get asked this, and yes,
Microsoft Windows is often people's first option, it just is), and 2) doesn't
look like to be supported by a bunch of loonies. I'm not saying we aren't
loonies (I'm one to speak), but there's a time and a place, and trying to get
people off the Microsoft treadmill is not one of them. Reasoned
arguments, such as the one Michael put here, are going to be much more
effective in that because we haven't forced someone to internally squelch our
statements because we look like we're insane or cliquish. <br>
<br>
I have seen a lot of interest in my MBA program for Linux, but I have seen many
turned off because of this behavior which they consider inappropriate.
I've got a few now working on their own installations, but it's taken a lot of
convincing that being anti-Microsoft is all there is to this community. <br>
<br>
Being for something doesn't mean you must always speak poorly of the opposing
view.<br>
<br>
<br>
Brian<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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