[ILUG] It's illegal, according to the barrister in PC World

[Smelly Pooh]

In reply to Paul Jakma's flatulent wordings, 
> On Thu, 2 May 2002, Smelly Pooh wrote:
> 
> > or implication to that effect is completely of your own conjuring), it's
> > reasonably apt to say it isn't original
> 
> so while below you justify ignoring an argument because it is OffT, on
> the other hand you feel you it is appropriate to argue about
> originality of an analogy.

The analogy was on topic, it is unoriginal and overly used by Linux
advocates, I felt that I should point that out.  Now it's certainly
spiralled way off topic so I won't be discussing it any further

> > I ignored them because Kevin introduced information not pertinent to
> > the discussion (that being Windows and Linux in operating systems
> > courses). What am I supposed to do?  Quote his nostalgia trip and
> > go, oh I agree and I remember back in the day when I did that
> > aswell?  That's called straying off topic.  I'm going to stray a
> > little off topic now and talk about the other week when I saw blade
> > 2, did you know that
> 
> at least his "straying" was still within the realm of operating 
> systems and students.

X programming wasn't within the realm of operating systems, I could say
that Blade 2 has special FX -> Linux is used in some rendering farms to
generate special FX -> Linux is an operating system or I could say that
students have seen Blade 2

> > I'm saying is that the operating system that isn't windows doesn't
> > have to be (and in fact, shouldn't be) Linux
> 
> > 2)  An interest in OSs doesn't require an interest in Linux, what's so
> > interesting about Linux as an OS?
> 
> but the complaint was not that they dont teach linux, but that the 
> coursework now seems to be very Windows centric. (and giving linux as 
> an example of an OS that might be more appropriate, eg given its 
> licensing).

Was that the complaint?  It looked like the complaint was about people's
disinterest in Linux

> > 2)  Linux users (especially here) are a lot more dismissive of Windows
> > than Windows users are of Linux
> 
> so? a lot of windows users are dismissive of windows.. :)

Yeah but then some Linux users are dismissive of Linux too

Nice to see you posting again Paul, even if it is in Kevin's defense...
again