[ale] FWD: Southeast User Group Leaders Scummit

[Jeff Lightner]

I'm guessing FistYa7 = Vista 7 a hybridization of Vista and Windows 7?
(or should I say Windoze?)

As to telling people what to post and not post - good luck.   As for me
I don't mind a little pro-FOSS zealotry on a FOSS list so long as no one
shows up at my house with magazines trying to convert me.

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Ryan
Curtin
Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 9:52 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
Subject: Re: [ale] FWD: Southeast User Group Leaders Scummit

Normally I don't reply to ALE threads since they tend to be very
long-winded
discussions that I unfortunately don't have the time to get involved
into, but I
do want to point something out.

On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 03:08:23AM -0400, aaron wrote:
> On 2009, Sep, 09, , at 2:34 PM, Stephen Cristol wrote:
> > On Sep 9, 2009, at 3:03 AM, aaron wrote:
> >> "Hosted by [Mafia$oft]".
...
> >> only amount to a Windisease commercial promotion
...
> extensions of FistYa7 that serve the sole purpose
...
> In the case of Mafia$oft, it is really impossible
...
(and so on)

Can we actually call these companies and their products by their correct
names?
I understand the dislike, certainly (I am no huge fan of Microsoft
myself), but
the far-fetched lexicographical similarities that give rise to such
random names
as "Mafia$oft" only really lead to confusion for the weak-minded like
me.  When
I read that originally, it took me a day or two before it clicked.  I
thought
Mafia$oft was some sort of blackhat-related group.  And FistYa7?  I
still am
left without a clue, but based on the context I can only guess 'Windows
7'?

Not to descend too far into a tangent, but I have to say, as the
president of
LUG at GT, one of the big things that turn people off to user groups is
zealotry
like this.  It alienates those who haven't fully embraced Linux and
FOSS.  At
Georgia Tech at least, we cannot survive like that, since incoming
freshmen who
are well-versed in Linux are actually kind of rare (ones that show at
meetings
even more so).

Please don't take my comments the wrong way -- I don't mean any
disrespect.

-- 
Ryan Curtin       | "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here!  This is the
ryan at igglybob.com | War Room!" - President Muffley
_______________________________________________
Ale mailing list
Ale at ale.org
http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
 
Please consider our environment before printing this e-mail or attachments.
----------------------------------
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail may contain privileged or confidential information and is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this electronic transmission in error, please reply immediately to the sender that you have received the message in error, and delete it. Thank you.
----------------------------------