OT: Linux - Stop holding our kids back

[Joshua Zeidner]

On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 12:22 PM, Alex Dean <alex at 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 at 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
>
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