--- Craig Aldinger [email protected] wrote:
Please pardon me for a statement of the obvious... where do the almighty and linux get into the same forum? If I wanted to get into some kind of theological/spiritual debate it certainly would not be here! Linux, please, and save the rants on religion for some other web forum.
Linux vs. Microsoft has always been framed in a very "good vs. evil" conceptual structure, so rants about the almighty and rants about Linux have a lot of history in common: the Burning Kernel, the Exodus from Windows, the Penguin hitting Microsoft with a metaphorical slingshot stone, Linus the Baptist, the LinuxCon on the Mount, the triumphant ride up the hill of Corporate America (as corporations cheered and threw "greenery" at Linux), you get the picture.
When you throw in someone who is devout in both areas (such as Luke-Jr, who regards "ndiswrapper" as a kind of apostasy because it requires the use of Microsoft drivers), a Linux list getting a religious rant is entirely too likely.
You can't jokingly refer to Microsoft as "Satan" for very long before you start to believe it (provided you already believe in ultimate good and ultimate evil). Words have power.
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