Re: [tlug] [OT] Say _no_ to the Microsoft Office format as an ISO standard

["Josh Glover" <jmglov@example.com>]

On 09/07/07, Roger Markus <rogermarku@example.com> wrote:

> On 7/9/07, Josh Glover <jmglov@example.com> wrote:
> > Why? I do not take your opinions personally; do you take mine as
> > personal affronts? If so, I suggest you attempt to keep discussions
> > technical and put the flamethrower down.
>
> So if I call you mentally ill (as you did me), you won't take it
> personally?  Cool!  You have a very thick skin!

What? The "psychological counsel instead of legal counsel" line? Do I
need to flag things like that with <rhetoric /> tags to get you to
realise that I am not a) serious and b) talking about you?

> > Why should Linux users care to hear criticism of Microsoft at all?
>
> Yeah, okay, ignorance is bliss.  My bad.

That is not what I am saying. But you seem to think that, since we are
Linux users, we are ipso facto Microsoft haters. Which is not
necessarily the case. I'd rather not talk about Microsoft at all,
really, as it is slightly boring. But I'd really not like to see
anti-MS FUD pervading this list, any more than I like anti-Open Source
FUD pervading the mainstream media.

> > Go back and read Steve and Godwin's posts.
>
> Godwin?  Okay.  Steve?  No, please don't make me read that junk!  It's
> great technically but divorced from reality half the time!

Well... not sure how to answer that one. I guess you are entitled to
your opinion, but Steve is, as you know, a professor of Economics, so
I'd listen to what he says about Microsoft; you might learn something.

> > they stick to "just the facts, ma'am"?
>
> You have a bad sense of humor Josh.  Better to stop watching inane old
> TV shows and study reality instead!

Corny jokes are a part of the proud Unix tradition. Sorry you can't
wince at a bad pun like the rest of us.

> Anyway, it would be best to drop the subject!  As you seem to be
> suggesting, it is forbidden to say anything negative about wonderful
> Microsoft on this list, so I'll try to tone it down, lest, um, what?

No-one has forbidden any such thing.

I'd like you to stop getting so hostile when people fail to take your
spew as Holy Writ. If you post something to a public mailing list,
you'd better be prepared for people to disagree with you. And you'd
better be able to handle that disagreement constructively, or you come
across as a whiny hot-head.

--
Cheers,
Josh