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This'll be my last proxy reply to A-B C. Sorry guys for feeding the
troll.

In alt.os.linux.slackware, Ondrej Kubecka dared to utter,
> On Sat, 19 Jun 2004 16:39:39 -0700, A-B C. wrote:
>
>> Just for the record, I'm 57 years old, married for 23 years to my first,
>> ...
>> it. I opened my own company in 1979 and have not had a "real job" since.
>> Mr. Hicks, now that you know a bit about me, explain why you feel that I'm
>> not qualified to be a Slackware user...

Explain to me why you are. Being of a certain age, being faithful to
your spouse, owning your own successful company, none of those things
are in the least a qualification for as a Slackware user. You want to
know why you're not qualified? Here you go.

http://www.lizella.net/slackware/philosophy.html

> It's not about how good you
> are and what you have achieved. There are some top IT specialists that use
> Debiand, others go Solaris and some even Windows. Its just matter of
> philosophy: if yours differs from that of Slackware and adheres to the one
> of Debian (or others) why in the world would you want to use Slackware
> that would act like Debian and not use Debian instead and let Slackware be
> Slackware?

Indeed. Linus Torvalds uses RedHat last I heard. He likes it; it fits
his philosophy. I don't personally like it as much as I do Slackware.
Linus Torvalds for all he's done, isn't a Slacker. He has a different
philosophy of "all I want to fool with is the kernel, so I'll use
whatever takes care of the rest the easiest for me". (Note that as Alan
Hicks, I can't speak personally for Linus Torvalds, that's just my
analysis of the data.)

>> I just finished a 2.5 year, $300,000 consulting assignment with the
>> State of CA.

One rule of usenet is to not make grandiose statements about how
excellent you are, regaurdless of whether or not they are factually
true. You just look like an ass when you do that. Personally I don't
give a damn if you can make a million dollar contract with the Martians
and complete it six months ahead of schedule. You want to be a Slacker,
get a set of balls and take some chances with your (testing) machine.
Solve problems on your own. The less you come here asking for help, and
the more you help people here, the closer to a Slacker you become.

You can tell some one's level of Clue not just by the questions they
ask, but by the way they ask their questions. You can tell if they
spend time trying to learn it on their own by providing non-trivial
hypotheses about what might be wrong. They ask for suggestions from
people when they step out in new territory, then take those suggestions
as a guide and walk out into unknown territory.

- --
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise,
Than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Ecclesiastes 7:5
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