Re: OT: Re: inappropriate racist and other offensive material

[Simon Hepburn <sth@blueyonder.co.uk>]

Casper Labuschagne wrote:

> May I point at the Linux community (for the greater part at least) is
> racist, bigotted and prejudiced per se.  To illustrate my point observe the
> reaction of extreme disgust and prejudice eminating from the average Linux
> user when confronted by the following terminology:
>
> Windows; Microsoft; Bill Gates; Windows 95; Microsoft Office; Exchange;
> Microsoft Internet Information Server; Windows XP; DOS; OS/2; .NET; Visual
> Basic ...

Prejudiced towards MS ? Quite possibly. And with good reason.
Racist, bigotted and prejudiced per se ? No, certainly not.

> Seriously, lighten up folks, this is an operating system we are talking
> about in this forum not the Spanish Inquisition.

I too would love to see this thread come to a conclusion but I don't think 
you are helping.

-- 
Simon Hepburn.