> 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!

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