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:ReallyLinux: Something's Amiss in the Linux Community
ReallyLinux: Something's Amiss in the Linux Community
Jun 9, 2005, 01 :45 UTC (32 Talkback[s]) (10010 reads)
(Other stories by Walter V. Koenning)

[ Thanks to Walter V. Koenning for this link. ]

"If I have a problem with my Fedora Core 3 using NFS mounts and RAID5 striping, then I go to my local or on-line Linux community. There I find that someone named Andy encountered the same issue a week ago in his work and shares with me some tips and installation tricks.

"Now why would a nice stranger named Andy help me out for free with such a significant issue? Because someone helped Andy as he was dealing with the same issue. A principal that has less to do with Linux and more to do with humanity.

"Yet, over the past few months something has changed. No, the people are as friendly and helpful as ever. But something unquestionably has changed. So what smells so fishy in the Linux community today...?"

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I found this a solid read. It's a u ...   Interesting points, some I never considered before   
rj
Jun 9, 2005, 02:04:59  
SECOND, I started to notice that even on ...   An important article actually   
David Sugar
Jun 9, 2005, 02:22:32  
One sign of the maturity of Linux and th ...   another way of looking at it   
rifftide
Jun 9, 2005, 02:50:37  
Those Against the Community Spending Tim ...   Fishy is right...   
GreyGeek
Jun 9, 2005, 04:12:31  
Yes in fact that exists and is as real a ...   theory of conspiration   
luis hurtiz
Jun 9, 2005, 04:14:12  
I know that MS has a boatload of money, ...   Seems unlikely to me.   
Daniel Carrera
Jun 9, 2005, 06:08:24  
an orchestrated attack on Linux going on ...   There's No Doubt That There IS   
Richard Steven Hack
Jun 9, 2005, 06:45:29  
> The "fishy smell', it seems, is re ...   Re: Fishy is right...   
blackhole
Jun 9, 2005, 06:52:58  
"We're not so thin-skinned that we&# ...   Re: another way of looking at it   
A Thurston
Jun 9, 2005, 07:35:27  
To me the article states the obvious. MS ...   Re: An important article actually   
Sid Boyce
Jun 9, 2005, 08:18:58  
"ZDNet: What is the Biggest Problem wit ...   Re: Fishy is right...   
Mike R.
Jun 9, 2005, 08:32:12  
...That's a new one. ...   Fidel is a democrat?   
Jeffrey Rollin
Jun 9, 2005, 09:28:25  
Yes in fact that exists and is as real ...   Re: theory of conspiration   
Hyper L
Jun 9, 2005, 12:17:01  
Yes in fact that exists and is as real ...   Re: theory of conspiration   
I R A Darth Aggie
Jun 9, 2005, 12:49:33  
Who said anything about being 'afrai ...   Re: another way of looking at it   
GreyGeek
Jun 9, 2005, 13:17:16  
The article is an excellent read and eve ...   Fishy is right   
Kevin Power
Jun 9, 2005, 13:52:16  
While the points you make do account for ...   Re: Seems unlikely to me.   
C. Whitman
Jun 9, 2005, 14:35:52  
Microsoft's astroturf campaign viola ...   Microsoft's astroturf is illegal   
Steve Stites
Jun 9, 2005, 15:22:46  
Considering that MS until recently had R ...   Ralph Reed, Microsoft   
Doug Bostrom
Jun 9, 2005, 15:36:23  
Microsoft is an empire built upon lies.I ...   The truth shall prevail.   
Mario Miyojim
Jun 9, 2005, 16:15:44  
> I know that MS has a boatload of money ...   Re: Seems unlikely to me.   
someone
Jun 9, 2005, 17:11:05  
> I know that MS has a boatload of money ...   Why not?   
james
Jun 9, 2005, 17:17:05  
> But some of it - as we've seen fro ...   Re: There's No Doubt That There IS   
Tony OBryan
Jun 9, 2005, 17:27:14  
The article raises some good points. I ...   good article   
chip
Jun 9, 2005, 17:35:42  
I must be plain, simple and ignorant, be ...   Re: theory of conspiration   
David Johnson
Jun 9, 2005, 17:49:38  
i'm a windows developer but being a ...   Umm, is this   
Senkwe
Jun 9, 2005, 17:59:37  
Dear Mr LinuxToday I am no fan of Micro ...   Linux   
Gill Bates
Jun 9, 2005, 19:08:33  
Trolls posting in various forums on thei ...   Not really, Senkwe   
Rich Steiner
Jun 9, 2005, 19:48:15  
> Technology will out - and the VHS vs B ...   Re: There's No Doubt That There IS   
Hanumizzle
Jun 9, 2005, 20:32:41  
"Some astroturfers are purposely less po ...   Re: Re: Seems unlikely to me.   
Steve Stites
Jun 9, 2005, 21:11:03  
Do a google search. They are busy. ...   Team 99   
Bilbo
Jun 9, 2005, 22:11:23  
My question is (...), do penguins enjoy ...   Re: Re: Fishy is right...   
Ron Johnson
Jun 10, 2005, 17:46:08  
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