Maybe they're all Solaris users and look down of us "Free OS" types?
Otherwise they have a serious and embarrassing credibility problem.
But, now that the subject is broached, just how would we respond to
someone who posted a lot of pro-microsoft stuff here? I can't say I
would feel kindly toward them.
Ed.
Smitty wrote:
>
> Andrew,
> Don't feel bad, they are talking about themselves. Why doesn't their website
> use IIS on 2000 or XP? It actually runs with Apache on FreeBSD!
> The ms shill who runs the site is Nate Mook (rhymes with kook) at 1668
> Wainright Dr. in Reston, VA 20190 His phone number is 703-742-8193 and
> email address is mooknate@hotmail.com
> His isp is Capital Area Internet Service at 6861 Elm Street Ste. 3E in
> McLean, VA 22101 and most of their servers run on Solaris 8! NONE run on any
> ms op sys! They actually have a few sites on linux servers: rtai.org,
> afternet.org and stockingheaven.com.
> This data is supplied for informational purposes only. Have fun.
> Smitty
>
> On Thursday 02 August 2001 12:13, you wrote:
> > Hey guys, I wanted to take a moment to let you all know that linux users
> > don't seem to be welcome at betanews.com so it may be in everyone here's
> > interest not to go there .. I posted a few times, and ended up getting
> > reamed by other members for being a linux loser, I decided to start
> > shooting back, and well they decided to moderate .. only me .. They deleted
> > posts using "shutup", or "loser" all the way to some that I chose to use
> > later that need not be repeated here .. Funny if you dig through the posts,
> > you will see others using very similar language (Just look down a few
> > comments, you will see me being called a loser, but the post I made with
> > that exact word was deleted!), but since they are not linux users, they
> > were not targeted .. I have seen a lot of this over there over the last
> > week or two, for example they deleted a post that I spent over an hour
> > writing concerning a post made about how nothing else can compare to
> > windows .. There was no foul language in the post, i! t !
> > !
> > was a well thought out document including reference links .. Now it's gone
> > ..
> >
> > Again, just an FYI ..
> >
> > Andrew
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