[ubuntu-za] Stop the Anti-Unity / Gnome 3 FUD! [off topic]

[Peter Nel]

> More off topic...
>
> You guys, and the origins of Linux, make me think of the Boer forces
> during the Anglo-Boer war. A handful of farmers, untrained in warfare,
> stood up to the mighty (at the time) British Empire. They pioneered
> guerilla warfare and stubbornly refused to lose the war.

Oom Jan, this is the coolest thing I've ever heard. Haha! :-)

> The only way
> that Britain could force them to capitulate was to turn on their women
> and children.

Luckliy most geeks don't even have girlfriends...
This must be why >.<

> Their strength was, and still is, also their weakness:
> strong, individualistic characters, each with great leadership skills
> leading to inability to stand together for long, but able to conquer the
> world when cornered.

God bless disagreement! If they stuck together for longer than
necessary, they may form microsofts, apples, and oracles that span the
globe and enslave the human race :-o

> Stay with it, show the Microsoft Empire how it should be done!

Viva, Freedom, Viva!


Péter Nel