Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4570 mails)

["Lonn" <lonn@xxxxxxxxx>]

How much experience does it take to note that a very disappointed user was
subject to ad hominem attack, a defender then disdained with arrogance.

Is the product a shining example of a major release - at such a high level?

Lonn C. Dugan

-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Marshall [mailto:bmarsh@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 18:40
To: SLE
Subject: Re: [SLE] SUSE 10 boxed edition broken beyond ...


On Friday 25 November 2005 05:40 pm, Joachim Schrod wrote:
> Michael W Cocke wrote:
> > Linux is still (and I
> > sincerely hope remains in the future) targeted at people who have some
> > brains and a need for a computer.  When they dumb linux down to the
> > point where it really competes with windows for the same target
> > audience, I'm afraid that it will wind up being as useless as windows.
>
> Listen, pal: I work with Unix since 1982. Actually, I started with Unix 7,
> with a classic AT&T source license. I work with Linux since 1994 when I
> installed 0.99.4. I earn my money by planning global data centers for
> mission-critical Unix servers and IBM mainframes of multi-national
> companies. Don't talk to me about dumbing down computers -- it's quite
> possible that I have much more experience with big iron computing than you
> do.
>

Get off your high horse....    There's a lot more experienced people here
than
you, I can guarantee that.



> And with this 20+ years of experience with Unix and this 10+ years
> experience with Linux, I can tell you: You're wrong.

45 years experience with computers here....  almost all mainframe
experience.

go'way  kid........

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