Comments on: Tabula Rasa

By: Delano

Delano — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:54:39 +0000

Piestar, while your approach is noble, it is misguided. My long experience with the FOSS crowd has taught me that politeness and respectfulness is wasted on them. Their entire movement is hostile unto itself and they deserve nothing better in return. Reasoning and pursuing peaceful resolution to conflict is always admirable and should always be the first approach, but, as was the case with Hitler, some folks are beyond reason.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:36:19 +0000

Keep them because 1) They’re fairly well-written and definitely thought-out well, and 2) you’d break hyperlinks, bookmarks, etc. which isn’t always a bad thing, but most of the time it is.

Besides, it’s pretty childish to delete all your old posts. Unless they *really* stank, which yours don’t (as you can see by these comments).

I’ll shut up now.

By: Tux Sux

Tux Sux — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:51:05 +0000

I find in debates if you go negative you turn the whole thing into a pointless slagging match

One of the advantages of running a blog is that you’re the dictator. It’s hard to sling mud when you can’t even get to the level of your opponent. But since you mentioned the word “debate” I’m assuming you’re interested in doing so. Personally, I agree with the guys above: it’s about as productive as arguing with cult members. What’s so refreshing about Piestar, Jerkface, and LHB (or, at least, its former self) is that they really don’t attempt to engage the FOSS crowd and don’t take anything they say at face value. I mean would you give the floor to flat earth or geocentric solar system theorists or tobacco industry shills who maintain there’s not really a link between cigarettes and health problems?

That said, if Piestar II is gonna be like today’s post, keep going. I have no beef with it.

By: Kerberos

Kerberos — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:08:16 +0000

I’ll probably keep them then, maybe replace old ones if I make the same point again.

I find in debates if you go negative you turn the whole thing into a pointless slagging match – the other side needs no good argument as they can just sling names at you. If you make a well made point in a polite way they have no choice but to debate you on facts.

By: joeschmoe

joeschmoe — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:32:51 +0000

@Ted

It’s like trying to engage in debate with a cult. At the end of the day having a debate isn’t as useful to them as rigid conformity.

I think LH and .net jerkface have decided that it is better to use them for entertainment. LH is supposedly an embedded Linux developer that hates having to work with Linux.

But I think all 3 have something to offer that you can’t get at typical tech blogs. Even the ones that aren’t pro-Linux are too nice when it comes to dealing with the open source movement.

By: Ted

Ted — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 09:23:37 +0000

Keep the old posts. Sometimes a rant is good for you!

A problem with wanting debate about Linux is that the FSF/FOSS brigade don’t _want_ debate or criticism, they want compliance with their demands, and unthinking acceptance of their ideology. If you question or criticise them, you are the enemy and must be destroyed.

By: Richard Eatfoot

Richard Eatfoot — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:43:06 +0000

“You offer some of the most irrefutable arguments and criticisms.”

Indeed, this is why this blog and previous posts are so valuable, even if the blog doesn’t have the popularity of LH for example.

I’d say keep the old posts.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:51:24 +0000

I vote to keep them around – they are fine work, even if you are planning on rewriting some of them.

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:12:12 +0000

I think the rants are constructive. Don’t just keep the old ones, keep writing new ones. You’re far tamer than Linux Hater or .NET Jerkface, but that’s just their style. You offer some of the most irrefutable arguments and criticisms.

By: wbkang

wbkang — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:38:30 +0000

Please keep the old posts?