On 01 Feb 20  03:18:52, Dan Cross said the following to Nick Andre:

DC> To turn your argument on it's head, perhaps a different interpretation
DC> is that people who are interested in experimenting are drawn to Linux
DC> and Unix because it's much more open and one can do more with it.

Sorry, no disrespect, I do enjoy conversing with you - but I refuse to
nitpick/quote-rant. Thats not my style of replies and anyone who writes 
replies to me in such a way just looks like trying to "win" some arguement... 
theres nothing to turn on its head, because I'm not arguing.

BBS'ing on Linux never really bothers me, Mystic and Synchronet bring 
newcomers to the hobby. Its the operation of Fido and FTN stuff on Linux that 
I have seen for over two decades being hit-or-miss. Largely a miss, and having
Linux shoved down my throat for two decades by a few of the most insufferable
zealots imaginable. So I do have a right to this opinion after all this time.

"Insufferable zealots" being the most polite way to describe them. It takes a 
special kind of insufferable zealot to whine at me about MSGID/REPLY because
the *lack* of that kludge causes problems for that person's Linux tosser.

When I start a friendly conversation or reply to someone, and that person 
replies with "Your DOS software is shit" or experiments with their system in a
way that affects the operation of the network; my disdain for Fido-on-Linux I 
really believe is valid and logical especially after all this time.

Nick

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