Seen in the Toronto Star: "Mac vs. PC: the digital divide"

[James]

yeah i had a feeling the quotes were being used out of context

On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 9:32 PM, Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com> wrote:

> David Patrick (djp) just chimed in on irc://irc.freenode.net/#linuxcaffe:
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> (2010-02-20 20:47:58) djp: BobJonkman: it's just embarrasing to be
> associated with such shabby writing
> (2010-02-20 20:48:47) djp: mis-quoted out-of-context in a pointless
> story that was poorly crafted
> (2010-02-20 20:49:00) djp: and this is after 2 hours of nterviewing
> (2010-02-20 20:49:46) djp: I spent 20 minutes explaining linux to make
> sure it was understood that I was for a THIRD thing
> (2010-02-20 20:49:56) djp: stoopid
>
> [...]
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> (2010-02-20 20:52:49) djp: mis quoted
> (2010-02-20 20:53:19) djp: so I said;
> (2010-02-20 20:53:34) djp: mac user probably ARE more creative
> (2010-02-20 20:53:53) djp: Winsows user are more likely to know what's
> actually happening
> (2010-02-20 20:54:08) djp: and linux user are more likely to be making
> it happen
> (2010-02-20 20:54:31) djp: now THATs a quote
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> (edited slightly to remove channel noise and extraneous comments)
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> James wrote:
> > "Mac users would opt for the Mini Cooper while PC users are more
> > likely to choose a truck or Dodge Charger"
> > If I had to pick my dream car between the three, charger would win :P
> >
> > Anyways I decided to read the article and the author doesn't really
> > know what's going on...I find it sad that linux users have to be
> > buddled with Windows(specially stereotypical) users that mostly run pcs
> >
> > On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 6:29 PM, Daniel Robitaille
> > <robitaille at gmail.com <mailto:robitaille at gmail.com>> wrote:
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> >
> http://www.thestar.com/living/article/766513--mac-vs-pc-the-digital-divide
> >
> >     but the interesting bit from that article is that it contains quotes
> >     from David Patrick, co-owner of the Linux Caffe in Toronto about that
> >     PC vs Mac "debate" in local coffee shops.  But not once Linux is
> >     presented as an alternative to the other two.  It just felt weird
> >     considering the name of that coffee place.
> >
> >
> >     Daniel
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