[Liverpool] Multi-Boot Query

[Dan Lynch]

Fair enough, maybe I didn't read the question closely enough but I still
think comparing it to asking for porn is a bit rich, you're
sensationalizing. I admire your intensity and desire to defend Free Software
but I just don't see how berating people and attacking people in the first
response to a post helps anyone. It drives people away. Maybe you would say
we don't want these people but how are people supposed to learn if they're
scared to approach us. If he goes off and just installs 3 versions of
Windows now because he's been attacked by a bunch of Linux geeks and tells
friends to avoid Linux and people who use it because we're all unfriendly
what has this done for our cause? Absolutely nothing. I respect that you're
trying to tell this guy it's not the right place to ask a Windows question
and I agree but I just think the attacking tone was out of keeping with the
spirit of our group as I see it.

You could have just said "This isn't the right place to ask a Windows
question, you'll have to try somewhere else sorry". There's no need to get
aggressive. Sorry, you may not like it but that's how I feel and I felt the
initial response needed balancing out to show we are reasonable human
beings. I know you weren't trying to be politically correct and to me my
mind this has nothing to do with political correctness, it's just basic
civility. I would hope we can be an approachable group and while we're not
here to answer Windows questions I think we can engage with the wider world
to spread out message. Preaching to the converted gets you nowhere.

Like I said I'm not trying to start a fight I just thought the initial
response was too harsh, maybe others disagree, it's up to you. Everyone has
the right to their own opinion


On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 8:33 PM, Vladimir <vladimir.jakubovskij at gmail.com>wrote:

>
>
> it offensive just because he mentioned Windows, the question was about GRUB
>> wasn't it? A FOSS boot loader.
>
>
> *The problem I foresee is that I want all three Windows to have the same
> drive letters and setups. But I'm fairly certain that the system drive
> letters will increment as C, E, F. I want all system drives to be C.
> *
> **
> dan, the question is microsoft windows specific. a *Linux *Users Group is
> not a place to ask such questions (it's not a place where 'geeky guys hang
> around').
> cruel responce? cruel it might be, but it's definitely is not 'politicaly
> correct' - and never was intended to be such!
>
> what if i asked you about where i can find *legal* good porn online
> through this maillist? would you help me if you could? the question is still
> related to computers (*online porn*), so maybe a Linux Users Group is a
> good place to ask? :)
>
> kind regards,
>
>
> vladimir
>
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