Re: [foxboro] the term "UNIX bigots"
- From: "Blunier, Mark" <Mark.Blunier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 15:35:51 -0600
> On Behalf Of Johnson, Alex
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> Re: the term "UNIX bigots"
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> Personally, I find the term offensive.
As one of the unix bigots (or Linux bigots), I don't mind
being called one. Some people may intend it to be an insult,
but I am not ashamed of it, and don't take it that way.
> I think it denigrates=20
> those of our customers who find that part of our offering
> to be the one that best meets their needs and it de-humanizes
> our customers and their needs. I implies that the speaker
> thinks the user of that technology doesn't understand their
> own needs.
I suppose it depends on person, but I'm not shy about telling
people what I think. I'd much prefer to be told I'm a unix
bigot, and thus infer that my opinion is held in less regard
than be told that my opinion is 'very important' when (at
least on the subject this I/A platform development) its not.
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> I will not tolerate the usage of the term by Invensys folks.
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> Re: I believe he (Alex) thinks the "UNIX Bigots", (and I mean=20
> that in the
> nicest possible way everyone), should be more accepting of=20
> the new Windows
> based apps. =20
It was not Alex that used the term.
Mark
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