[TriLUG] A little off topic

[Fred Stutzman]

I'm not learning anything from this.  This thread *was* an interesting
back and forth, stressing was.  Please take your flame war off the list.

Fred



On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, Justin Johnson wrote:

> rpjday wrote:
> 
> > and now that you've finished frothing at the mouth, allow me to
> > enlighten you.  the issue here is not whether the federal government
> > has the right to tell microsoft how to run its business.  the issue
> > is whether the federal government has the power to tell microsoft
> > to *stop* *breaking* *the* *law*.
> 
> No,  in my opinion the issue is that the Federal govenmet needs to quite
> telling business' how to operate.
> 
> 
> >
> > >did i type that slowly enough for you?
> > No, please come over here to my office and tell me again. I'd really like
> > that....
> 
> >
> > i am thoroughly tired of people who, apparently without a clue, keep
> > harping on how the government should get off microsoft's case, leave
> > them alone, stop telling them how to run their business, etc, etc.
> > blah blah...
> 
> I guess this gets back to my not having a clue, nor am I allowed to have an
> opinion I guess.
> 
> >
> > the issue now before the courts is -- what should the punishment be?
> > that's what you get when you *break* *the* *law*.  is this starting
> > to make any sense?
> 
> Again, no. Please COME OVER and explain it to me directly.
> 
> > bitching and moaning that there aren't better alternatives to MS
> > products really gets the whole concept of cause-and-effect backwards.
> 
> If you say so...
> 
> > and that's "precedent," not "precedence."  but bad spelling is the
> > least of your rhetorical problems.
> 
> Wow, your mastery of the English language is amazing! I humble myself before
> you oh Great One.
> 
> I'm sorry I expressed my opinion in this public place. I'm sorry you had to
> read my idiotic post. I'm sorry that MS has caused you so much pain. And I'm
> sorry that your such a little person that you have to resort to flaming me
> in a public and disrespectful way, simply because my opinions and ideas
> differ from yours.
> 
> Have a nice day, and a beutiful weekend,
> Justin
> 
> 
> 
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