On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 1:48 PM, Lisa Kachold <
lisakachold@obnosis.com>
wrote:
>
>> Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:31:27 -0700
>>
From:
jjzeidner@gmail.com>>
To:
plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>>
Subject: Re: OT: Linux - Stop holding our kids back
>>
>> On
Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 12:22 PM, Alex Dean <
alex@crackpot.org> wrote:
>>
>
>> > On Dec 10, 2008, at 11:16 AM, Joshua Zeidner
wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 10:47 AM,
Mike Hoy <
mhoy06@gmail.com>
wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Personally I
believe that this blog is false. I think it was made up
>>
>>>> just to spark a FOSS/MS debate, just like this one we're
having now!
>> >>>> :)
>> >>>> Just
smells a little fishy to me...
>> >>>
>>
>>> I was thinking the exact same thing.
>>
>>
>> >> Same here... the story seems very
fabricated.
>> >
>> >
>> > Could be. But
the "believe me because you're dumber than me" attitude
>> >
that
>> > the blogger takes toward this teacher (fictional or no)
is quite real,
>> > and a
>> > problem that many of us
suffer from.
>>
>> well that does contribute to my
opinion... seems like hes creating
>> this effigy of the evil
anti-OSS person and then tearing her apart.
>> The whole thing just
seems generally like a stupid scheme concocted by
>> some sophomoric
linux user. Note that there are no sources, no real
>> names, what
looks like some kind of institutional name (but you can't
>> make out
what it is). Ive seen totally false stories like this
>> propagate
through the net, so I have my doubts.
>>
>>
-jmz
>>
>> >
>> > I think it's a barrier to
spreading free software when its advocates are
>> > poor at making
a point non-technical people will understand and relate
>> >
to.
>> > That was the point of my initial comment, and I think
valid regardless
>> > of
>> > the underlying facts of
this particular story. Don't tell people why
>> > they're
wrong/misguided/stupid. It only turns people off. Focus on
>> >
what's
>> > good about what you're doing, not what's bad about
what they're doing.
>> >
>> > alex
>>
>
>
> Yes it's an urban anti-technology myth, cleverly posted
here by trolls!