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are the mac users dead
Stilly:
quote:Originally posted by Ecsyle:
Well. Maybe its time to open the gates here. This is an anti-ms site. Not a pro linux or pro mac site.
We all have our platform of choice. That isnt why we are here. We are here because of a common view. We dont like ms. Would be nice to stop bickering over who's os is better. Because we all know that anything is better than windows ;) [/derail]
[ November 24, 2003: Message edited by: Ecsyle ]
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ecsyle is right
its not about linux vs mac, its about anything vs MS
Faust:
quote:As a Windoze user at home and a part-time Mac user at school, I do feel that the Mac users are less visible than before at Microsuck. But that's mostly because Linux users here seem to be hogging the spotlight. What's worse is that many of them are anti-Mac, too. This is a shame, because the Mac is such a great platform, and I think it should be more endorsed on this forum.
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Linux users hogging the spot light? If you want more stuff about Apple posted then POST MORE STUFF ABOUT APPLE. I'm not going to stop posting stuff about Linux just because you want Linux users to give you all their attention.
I don't even bother posting here anymore because everytime I do there will be something about "how crap Linux is." Most of my posts are in response to someone asking for help with something to do with Linux. Last time I did that (thread about an Apple user wanting to convert an old PC to a PPC Linux version and asking for help in doing so) the thread got filled with flaming from Apple users suggesting he try BeOS instead of Linux. There isn't any point wasting my time here cos every time someone asks for help with Linux it gets turned into an anti-Linux flaming thread. Last time I was here Jimmy James and you Laukev were the worst for this. Maybe if the posts are a little less extremist, ie "I'm staying away from Linux on PPC because I've decided it's even crapper than Linux on x86 if that's possible" you wouldn't look so "anti-linux"...
Laukev7:
quote:Originally posted by Faust:
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Linux users hogging the spot light? If you want more stuff about Apple posted then POST MORE STUFF ABOUT APPLE. I'm not going to stop posting stuff about Linux just because you want Linux users to give you all their attention.
I don't even bother posting here anymore because everytime I do there will be something about "how crap Linux is." Most of my posts are in response to someone asking for help with something to do with Linux. Last time I did that (thread about an Apple user wanting to convert an old PC to a PPC Linux version and asking for help in doing so) the thread got filled with flaming from Apple users suggesting he try BeOS instead of Linux. There isn't any point wasting my time here cos every time someone asks for help with Linux it gets turned into an anti-Linux flaming thread. Last time I was here Jimmy James and you Laukev were the worst for this. Maybe if the posts are a little less extremist, ie "I'm staying away from Linux on PPC because I've decided it's even crapper than Linux on x86 if that's possible" you wouldn't look so "anti-linux"...
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Now, now, I didn't mean to start a flame war, OK? Sorry if you misinterpreted the 'hogging the spotlight' statement. I didn't say that Linux users should shut up, I said was that Macs should be more endorsed on the forum; that could mean that 'more Mac users should speak up' or 'more Mac users should come to the forum'.
I hate reviving flame wars, but since you already did, as far as I remember (and I checked to make sure), Duo Maxwell was asking for a free OS, not Linux in particular. Also, neither I nor Jimmy James were the ones who started criticising Linux. We were responding to your attacks (especially Insomnia's) on BeOS, which understandably rather ticked us off.
preacher:
quote:Originally posted by Faust:
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Linux users hogging the spot light? If you want more stuff about Apple posted then POST MORE STUFF ABOUT APPLE. I'm not going to stop posting stuff about Linux just because you want Linux users to give you all their attention.
I don't even bother posting here anymore because everytime I do there will be something about "how crap Linux is." Most of my posts are in response to someone asking for help with something to do with Linux. Last time I did that (thread about an Apple user wanting to convert an old PC to a PPC Linux version and asking for help in doing so) the thread got filled with flaming from Apple users suggesting he try BeOS instead of Linux. There isn't any point wasting my time here cos every time someone asks for help with Linux it gets turned into an anti-Linux flaming thread. Last time I was here Jimmy James and you Laukev were the worst for this. Maybe if the posts are a little less extremist, ie "I'm staying away from Linux on PPC because I've decided it's even crapper than Linux on x86 if that's possible" you wouldn't look so "anti-linux"...
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Yeah Faust, I got my ass ripped from the Mac users over that BeOS thing too. Im here to help linux people and spread the word about linux to those who want an alternative from any other OS. I get talked down to because my OS of choice isnt as mature as theirs, and doesnt have huge amounts of commercial backing. Im not anti-mac, Im anti-asshole-mac-user.
suselinux:
quote:Originally posted by Ecsyle:
No. Generally the mac community is as helpful and embracing as the linux community. However, and maybe its just me, but the majority of linux users here seem anti-mac. In fact, it feels like we are constantly defending our platform of choice. I apologize if i come off as an eltist asshole mac user, it is just a product of constantly being on the defensive.
Of course. I could just be misinterpreting peoples comments and everyone does value the mac users presence here.
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YOU HAVE TO DEFEND MACS FROM US!!!???!!! OTHER WAY
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