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On Wed, 5 Apr 2000 ziggy@panix.com wrote:
> There will always be people who avoid the latest platform because
> of the zealotry of the early adopters/evangelists/advocates. It is
> not our job to convince them to use our platform. Once the community
> around Linux is large enough[*] to dwarf the zealots, those people will
> start to use Linux/Not-Windows.
So, you're comfortable with driving people away from the platform? And I
don't mean just people who haven't used Linux. I frequently find myself
questioning more and more if Linux is worth suffering the open hostility
and wading through the religious and political rhetoric I find in the
community, including this section of it.
Michael W. Ryan, MCP, MCT | OTAKON 2000
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