On Fri, 4 Aug 2006, Frank Tanner III wrote: > On Fri, 2006-08-04 at 13:15 +0200, Dag Wieers wrote: > > On Thu, 3 Aug 2006, Frank Tanner III wrote: > > > > > It's no wonder that computer novices want nothing to do with Linux. > > > > Maybe Linux wants nothing to do with obnoxious people ? > > > > PS How you communicate influences how you are being perceived, and how you > > are being perceived incluences how people respond. But if you want to > > believe everybody who uses CentOS dislikes you, go ahead, nobody is > > stopping you. > > > > Unless you want to believe they are. That's fine too. :) > > It's a well known "fact" amongst the general public that the Linux > "evangelists" are a rude flaming bunch. There are hundreds of news > articles stating such. An THIS is what the public in general bases > their attitudes with regards to the community as a whole on. > > I communicated clearly and concisely. I didn't say ONE negative thing > until I got jumped on; or didn't you actually read the thread. I agree your initial mail did not say ONE negative thing. But it was not exactly clear and concise. It failed to reveal any information except that you wrote a firewall document. What's more you send it to a list where the majority did not know you, nor your document. That's ok though, nobody is blaming you for that either. IF you think that was a worthwhile thing to do, that's your choice. But as soon as people ask you what the document is abouwhich is the logical next step if you send a mail to a list that is uninformed), or a location where you could put it, you started flaming people as if they wanted to correct you. As if you had to defend yourself. And I think that is exactly what enflamed the whole situation. Now that is of course my description of what happened, but I guess I'm not objective as I have been jumping on you as all these other "evangelists" on this list. In fact, I really think they are out to get you. Run, Forest, Run ! Kind regards, -- dag wieers, dag at wieers.com, http://dag.wieers.com/ -- [all I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power]