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["Jeri C. Gloege" <gloege AT metalab.unc.edu>]

Matoooooosiak, you rock.  May I also suggest a swingby www.lowbrow.com.  
You read and reload enough and it makes everyone's life look so much 
better.

jeri
M$ hater, redhat hater and small rodent and spider hater
I am not just president of my hate clubs, I am also a member...


On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, David R. Matusiak wrote:

> Roger --
> 
> i am leaning your way in agreement. a lot of this stuff *does* come up on 
> the 
> trilug list, but for some reason, the internetworkers like to go at M$ like 
> a 
> pack of rabid dogs. most days i find it quite entertaining.
> 
> in reference to your bizarre content woe, i have noticed that in my recent 
> postings of "bizarre content" there are almost no responses. but when i (or 
> someone else) posts about hating M$, i wake up to 1,400+ messages of hotly 
> contested debate and bitter rage against a large monolithic uncaring 
> corporation. doesn't this make you all tired? 
> 
> over the last year or so, i have decided to release myself from the grip of 
> anger and frustration that comes with watching M$ topple the press, the 
> government, ...well, everything. apparently there is nothing i (we?) can 
> do, so 
> perhaps i (we?) should stop bitching about it and go get some work done. 
> also 
> along these lines, i've found that if you make one flip comment about M$ or 
> point out their blatant wrong-doing, folks start to see you only as a 
> "anti-M$, 
> pro-linux maniac." this has never really been my stance, but some people 
> ascribe 
> it to me anyway. so, i try to not rant about M$ and just let it go.
> 
> in terms of bizarre, i would like to offer this very interesting (yet 
> slightly 
> disturbing) art site on the web:
> 
> http://www.lowbrowartworld.com/
> 
> you can even buy this stuff to display in your comfortable home. i love 
> that.
> so, perhaps if i could get some groundswell of support behind my freaky-ass 
> postings, then we could possibly see less anti-M$ rants and postings.
> 
> who knows?
> dave ;)
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> On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Austin, Roger D. wrote:
> 
> >  Not to pick on Josep, but the internetworkers list seems to have degraded
> > into "I hate Microsoft! Bill is an a--hole!" list. It has been a fun list
> > and I've enjoyed meeting people at some of the Raleigh gatherings. I am
> > finding it distasteful to constantly get messages attacking MS (though a
> > good target.) Is there not a Linux list that would be more specific to 
> > this
> > topic?
> >  The bizarre content to anti-MS noise ratio on Internetworkers needs
> > improvement. My $0.02. Roger (in RTP, needing more bizarre content...)
> 
> 
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