[ale] OT: Google releases new OS browser - CHROME

[Michael B. Trausch]

On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 01:25:14PM -0400, Jeff Lightner wrote:
> I love the periodic rants I see in various forums chiding folks for
> calling M$ Windoze names.  It would seem to imply people other than the
> target audience read the lists.  Personally I'll never buy the arguments
> against doing so and I doubt Bill Gates and company really care about it
> themselves.

It doesn't imply that at all.  New people come to mailing lists like
this all the time.  Part of what we are here for, after all, is to
support people using Linux systems, both new users and old alike.

I don't really care what Gates thinks, nor do I really care about
Microsoft's existence; they exist, and they will continue to do so for
at least some time.  It's no skin off my back, and personally, I would
be very happy to actually _see_ Gates totally fuming because his company
cannot produce an operating system half as stable as the ones we use.
Aside from that providing personal amusement, though, it is rather
pointless.

> This forum is hardly a "professional" forum so pretending it is in this
> one area is in itself silly to me.  Folks that saw flamewars about
> splitting the list, fair tax, AT&T's evil and various other OT subjects
> would long ago have either decided to be amused by it or to be offendend
> by it.  Those in the latter category have no sense of humor IMO.

Personally, I am not offended by it.  I did mention that I saw the humor
in it.  I just don't think that it's appropriate.  How would _you_ feel
if you were a long-time user of Windows and a typical computer user,
started exploring options, and stumbled upon a message in the archives
for a pro-Linux mailing list effectively stating that there was nobody
more "sorry and pathetic" than you are?  Not only is that unnecessarily
harsh, I think, but it's going to be a major turn-off for you.

It's not going to drive *me* away, nor will it offend *me*, but it
certainly has the potential to drive off anyone who might be looking for
options, and that would be counterproductive, wouldn't you agree?

   --- Mike

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