LinuxPlanet: Red Blood in the Emergency Room, Red Carpet on the Way

Feb 09, 2001, 15:31 (22 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Michael Hall)

"...The cuff went tight, his eyes hardened, and he spat out between his teeth "But KDE's much more polished. And GNOME has a long history of flaming people in IRC. Are you sure you don't like KDE better?"

"Ordinarily, I'm a go-along, get-along kind of person, but I was agitated. Sitting in the middle of the emergency room, in fear for my health, and someone with snake and dagger tatoos is hassling me over desktop environments."

"Listen, pig-eyes," I said, "KDE might have a slight lead in the polish game, though I'd be hard pressed to point to how at this point; but your self-righteous crap about some IRC-based overzealousness from years ago is too much. Take your toy interface and creep back to your shack in the woods."

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