Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 6 Sep 2000 07:32:59 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Mike A. Harris" <> | Subject | Re: [ANNOUNCE] Withdrawl of Open Source NDS Project/NTFS/M2FS forLinux |
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On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Jeff V. Merkey wrote:
>"Mike A. Harris" wrote: > >Here Mike, we need to update your email signature block to reflect your >new avocation (this is where I try to be your mega-buddy). I think the >reason I'm so obtuse is that God gave me such a thick skin (or perhaps a >thick skull).
Oh, don't get me wrong Jeff... I'm saddened for the injury of your friend, as I don't like to hear of any human tradgedy such as that. I surely hope that he recovers indeed.
That is separate however from my comments concerning yourself. When someone comes on linux-kernel, presumeably because they are interested deeply in Linux and supporting it by developing new code for it, drivers, etc.., and then every time there is a "writers block" or some other problem comes up, they denounce Linux as a platform, claim it is inferior to other OS's which they are developing for, retract code, etc... it wears thin after a while. Especially when they attack core developers for no real apparent reason other than perhaps programmers frustration, and then apologize 10 minutes later, just to do it again the next day.
I've watched your threads for as long as you've been here, and I don't doubt that you're a skilled programmer at all. I just don't agree with your methods every time a problem occurs. Politely pointing out problems with Linux and discussing a sane manner in how to correct the problem is fine. Complaining and denouncing Linux and putting it behind NT, etc.. on the linux-kernel mailing list, is a sure-fire way to get messages back such as what I wrote. The Linux community consists of a group of many people who think very highly of Linux, for their own reasons, and when it becomes attacked needlessly by someone such as yourself, in a forum like this, it is just flame bait. Emotions towards Linux in here are like emotions towards Ford trucks to a truck nut. Offend a Ford, deal with the wrath of the truck guy. Words get spoken, life goes on.
You choose to vent about your Linux frustrations in here knowing full well, that you'll offend people or upset people when you do. My response is nothing more than a reaction to that. I normally don't respond to your posts about these sort of things because I try to get beyond that type of thing. But just as you need to vent about how much Linux sucks, I need to vent about how much it pisses me off when people make FUD about Linux by saying it sucks. Your mail had no mention whatsoever of any hint of a "joke", and your tone didn't hint at that either. I don't think there was any joke. Either you were dead serious, trolling, or were venting frustrations. When you do so, you get brown stuff back. I vent now and again too, and I get brown stuff back sometimes because of it as well. I change my shirt and go on...
So, do what you need to do for yourself, but realize that everyone else will do what they need to do for themselves as well. Offending most of the core linux developers all the time is hardly going to make you look good, or get anywhere. If you don't like Linux, and cant do what you'd like with it in a costly manner, then _please_ use NT, or Novell, or MANOS, and DO IT rather than talking about how much better they are, and sticking with Linux for development. I just don't understand the logic, thats all.
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