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Re: Suggestions please - Office for Linux

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From: Eugene O'Neil
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 00:00
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In article <33f8b845.10607660@nntp.ix.netcom.com>, mulder78@ix.netcom.com wrote:
>Wally Barnes wrote:
>
>>Simply put, Linux doesn't suffer from Bill Gates and his company. It suffers
>>from people who find it better to complain about the lack of
> support/development
>>,when they should get up off their tails and do it themselves. 
>
>What about people who are not programmers? SOL, huh?
>(sol = shit out of luck)

Yes, that's exactly right! If you are not a programmer, and you are not 
satisfied with the state of Linux, and you can't seem to convince any 
programmers to do anything about your problem, you are shit out of luck! 
I couldn't have put it better myself.

I am sick of people who do nothing but complain about Linux. The only thing they 
contribute to is sales of antacid pills. They don't want to learn how to write 
any of the mindless point-and-click software they crave, and even if they did 
know they probably wouldn't have the patience for it, but they feel that the 
programmers somehow "owe" it to them. 

Well, guess what? We don't owe you anything. Our paychecks do not, by any strech 
of the imagination, depend on your satisfaction with Linux. If you don't like 
linux, and you don't have the time or skill to improve it yourself, and you 
wouldn't even consider paying somone to do it for you, you are free to leave at 
any time. Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out!

-Eugene
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From: eugene@cs.umb.edu (Eugene O'Neil)
Subject: Re: Suggestions please - Office for Linux
Date: 1997/08/19
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