[Wylug-help] Distro wars 2

[John Hodrien]

On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Frank Shute wrote:

> I was trying to keep it based on technical grounds but arguing with
> somebody who hasn't used any other system to speak of is a waste of
> time, so I'm giving up on that front. I can't for the life of me
> understand why people get so upset when you make criticisms, justified
> or otherwise, about their OS - they get so defensive you would think
> that you were about to slaughter their child.
>
> It seems that it's peculiar to the Linux world too, go to a FreeBSD or
> Solaris group or list and people regularly criticise the system without
> being called a troll.

Can we just say debate over, and not try to score points with the ending?  We
both debated poorly, it's been boring, game over.

jh

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