Langa bashing (was Re: Problems getting Linux into homes)
John Lagrue
admin at moraystudio.com
Fri Apr 23 19:56:02 UTC 2004
Danny Anderson wrote:
> DISCLAIMER:
> I apologize for this having little to do with Fedora (if I remember
> correctly, Langa didn't try Mandrake or Fedora versions of Linux). Bad
> behavior should be confronted and rebuked, or it just festers. Way too
> many emails go out with people saying things they would never have the
> guts or credibility to even mutter under their tongues in public.
> Delete/flame/read on:
>
>
> SOAPBOX:
>
> I actually subscribe to the Langa list that talked about the article in
> question. There is no real point to knock Fred Langa- he has been
> around for a long time and he knows what he is talking about. The
> insults are childish knee-jerk reactions. To be quite frank, it is
> pathetic to see some of the things people are willing to commit to an
> email and distribute. Whoever came up with the idea that making
> baseless insults about somebody else will somehow increases one's
> credibility should be flogged. Then shot. Then flogged again.
>
> As far as Fred Langa goes, *please* don't take my word or anybody else's
> word about the man's qualifications. I would urge people to read a few
> of the LangaList newsletters (www.langa.com/) and make up their own
> minds. The guy is putting it out there for free, anybody can check it
> out and formulate their own opinions.
>
Thank you Danny. I have been a suscriber to the LangaList for longer
than I care to remember; the guy really does know his stuff. Knocking
his supposed ignorance in the basis of a perfectly true article is
frankly absurd and only exposes the blinkers outlook of those with
little experience of the real world of computers out there.
Don't get me wrong! I love my Fedora system on my laptop here, and I've
been able to do things with my Fedora firewall/mailserver that would be
close to impossible without spending a lot of money on a Micro$soft system.
Some people ought to get out more.
John
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