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Alan Hicks <alan@lizella.network> wrote:
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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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