Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.
Re: You Gotta Believe
Author: Erik Neu Posted: 10/19/1999; 8:59:49 AM Topic: Re: You Gotta Believe Msg #: 12160 (In response to 12157) Prev/Next: 12159 / 12161
No disagreement from this end. Not sure, but I think you may have interpreted my post differently than I intended. (I won't say mis-interpreted, because it may be more the case that I subtly mis-communicated!) My meaning would have been better expressed if I had written: "There are others...who *would* wear the crown" (as in "would like to").I thought about using Edit This Page to make that that simple change to the subjunctive tense, but that might have made your follow-up post confusing
. I meant only to make the point that, if the Linux camp is "pathologically" intent on having an all-powerful enemy, there will probably always be a candidate available. I think the ability to find an enemy, to blame external forces for one's own shortcomings and problems, is part of the human condition. Especially when there is a strong element of ideology involved.
PS Communications, especially near-instantaneous written communication between people with no established realtionships, is HARD. Even with the Internet and great tools. I think that goes a long way toward explaining the tendency of so many conversations to degenerate into flame-fests.
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