[ale] FWD: Southeast User Group Leaders Scummit

[Jeff Lightner]

That cartoon reminds me of the joke about the cop who pulls over a guy for easing through a stop sign instead of coming to a full stop.  The guy complains "I didn't stop but I did slow down.  What's the difference?"  The cop makes him get out of the car takes him up to the hood, bends him over it then starts hitting him with his nightstick.   He asks the guy "Now, do you want me to stop or slow down?"

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From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Jim Kinney
Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 11:24 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
Subject: Re: [ale] FWD: Southeast User Group Leaders Scummit

On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Jeff Lightner <jlightner at water.com> wrote:
> 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.

So you _don't_ want a free copy of Linux Journal ?
I haven't hit anyone with the big foam clue bat in a long time...

http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20030210

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=clue+bat

:-)


>
> -----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.
>
> --
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