My response is simple - advocacy is something that all those M$ naysayers in the Linux community need to look up in a dictionary. Advocacy is support for something, be it a cause, a person, or a development philosophy. It has nothing to do with disseminating information about a competitive cause, person, or philosophy. If you advocate Linux, you support Linux, you do NOT belittle Linux' competition (if there really is any). Advocacy conveys a positive message about both the cause and the advocate. Criticism, however well founded, of a competitive way of thinking by an 'advocate' will always engender distrust of the advocate and the cause that he/she is advocating. -----Original Message----- From: Robert Leonard To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us Date: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 3:05 PM Subject: Great Linux Topic >I've had the pleasure of working in IT arena for quite awhile, with various >different companies, countries, and cultures. > >One of the biggest down falls of linux and it's advocates is "everything >else sucks, and why don't you understand this!" > >The following article intelligently states a position that needs to be >considered. > >http://www.chc-3.com/pub/linuxgrok.htm > > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > >_______________________________________________ >Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us >http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss