[OT] Respect (was: Re: [PLUG] Unix vs Dos for Virus Content)

[Bill Jonas <bill@billjonas.com>]

On Thu, Feb 08, 2001 at 09:42:10AM -0500, MaD dUCK wrote:
> - security: windoze has no security. on *NIX, however, receiving a

Could I ask you to please refrain from using derogatory (humorous?)
misspellings of the names of other operating systems?  While I do not care
for Microsoft products either, I feel that it does us no good as a group
to make fun of them.  I feel that this does us more harm than good in
trying to convince people that Linux is a viable platform.  To put it
another way: Would you be more or less willing to listen to a Windows
enthusiast if they referred to your platform of choice as "Lunix"?

To quote the Advocacy mini-HOWTO
<http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Advocacy.html>:

   * Respect the use of other operating systems. While Linux is a
     wonderful platform, it does not meet everyone's needs.

   * Refer to another product by its proper name. There's nothing to
     be gained by attempting to ridicule a company or its products by
     using ``creative spelling''. If we expect respect for Linux, we
     must respect other products.

Thanks for your consideration.

-- 
Bill Jonas                | "In contrast to the What You See Is What You
bill@billjonas.com        |  Get (WYSIWYG) philosophy, UNIX is the You
http://www.billjonas.com/ |  Asked For It, You Got It operating system."
http://www.debian.org/    |  --Scott Lee, as quoted by Lamb and Robbins


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