[Klug-general] Re: You can't dis apple

[Nathan Friend]

*Is this the right room for an argument*?

On 12/19/06, Karl Lattimer <karl at qdh.org.uk> wrote:
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> On Tue, 2006-12-19 at 14:45 +0000, J D Freeman wrote:
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> > On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 02:39:48PM +0000, Karl Lattimer wrote:
> > > True.
> > >
> > > But let me just say this, until I can see work from you that compares
> to
> > > apple or redhat for that matter, don't dis them. You have no right.
> > > Their work is impeccable and you may want to reconsider before slating
> > > something that is pretty damn cool!
> >
> > Please, step back, read this, then add debian instead of apple or
> > redhat. I am not saying their work is crap. I am not saying it doesn't
> > have a place, I am just saying I CHOOSE not to use it. That simple. I
> > beleive the slagging people off was you (comments about 4 people in a
> > shed?)
>
> May I return you to;
>
> 1) 1 mouse button
> 2) Track pad rather than nipple
> 3) to big
> 4) designed to run MacOS X, which I don't like
> 5) built more for eye candy than use IMHO
> 6) White - WHY GOD WHY? Black is much nicer :p
> 7) There was a 7th reason then the phone rang and I can't remember what
> I was going to write.
> 8) Saying anything against a mac makes my housemate squirm.
>
> Hmm, nuff said.
>
>
> > > Still sitting on a news group somewhere entitled GPL Minix clone I'd
> > > expect.
> >
> > Simply saying that is to deny that there has been anything good to come
> > out of debian. Whilst I acknowledge freely that apple and redhat have
> > done good work. Debian has too, and you shouldn't discard them so off
> > handedly.
>
> I never said nothing good came out of debian, look at ubuntu, debian
> done properly.
>
> My point is, that apple and redhat have been the major players in making
> linux what it is. Along with IBM, HP and surprisingly DELL. Linux would
> still be here without debian, it wouldn't without redhat.
>
> K,
>
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