[GRLUG] Hostile Attitudes

[Don Wood]

On Wed, 2008-04-30 at 14:33 -0400, Bill Littlejohn wrote:

> In the interest of providing you the best possible information to help with your problem and your public relations issues for today..
> If you really want your PC 100% as stable as it can be, then you really should ask your question on a list dedicated to Windows issues. They will be more equipped to walk you through the necessary basic troubleshooting steps and provide the resources you will need to get 100% stability on Vista.
> You may want to keep in mind that it's reasonable to assume that any Linux user group will have a few people willing to say that Linux is better than Windows. You should not be particularly surprised by this.
> Bill
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Professor Inuyasha" <profinuyasha at gmail.com>
> To: grlug at grlug.org
> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 2:11:10 PM (GMT-0500) America/New_York
> Subject: Re: [GRLUG] Hostile Attitudes
> 
> ben,
> 
> reason why I said shadda up because I dont like they said linux is
> better than windows, I just want get my PC beecome 100% stable instead
> 80%
> 
> "native english speaker"
> 
> I am not native english speaker
> I am deaf and I only use american sign language.
> 
> On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 2:06 PM, Benjamin Flanders <flanderb at gmail.com> wrote:
> > It is true that the hostilities started with the Prof.  I am not sure
> > exactly what he/she was trying to put forth with the whole "oh shadda
> > up!" business.  Was he trying to be funny, insulting ...  I don't
> > know.  I don't think he/she is a native english speaker.
> >
> > I don't think, however, that responding in kind is appropriate.
> >
> > If he insulted you then stop helping him and delete the e-mail.
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 1:51 PM, Collin <adderd at kkmfg.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Collin wrote:
> > >  > I think that you may be suffering from temporary blindness. I thought
> > >  > that people's attitudes towards the original poster seemed somewhat sour
> > >  > from the get go. Yes, he escalated the situation even worse thereafter.
> > >  > But it started with smart alec comments from pro-linux people first. He
> > >  > asked a legitimate question which could have been answered simply
> > >  > enough. It should have made people feel good that the original poster
> > >  > trusted the technical expertise of the people on this list. I guess
> > >  > he'll think twice on that theory from now on...
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> > >
> > >
> > >  Sheesh... I should learn to read before I post... It does seem like Tim
> > >  is right and largely the discussion wasn't hostile until the original
> > >  poster got lippy... Sorry Tim.
> > >
> > >
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> >
> >
> > --
> > Share and Enjoy
> > Ben
> >
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> 


Besides we're too busy deciding if we should answer and if anyone that
has answered has offended you. This is better than Jerry Springer
sometimes.

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