[Tfug] elitist nerdy shmucks

[Angus Scott-Fleming]

Does this remind you of anybody here?

http://members.optusnet.com.au/~knigits/articles/switched_back.ht
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There is a huge wealth of knowledge among the thousands 
(millions?) of people that run GNU/Linux around the world. If you 
have a problem, odds are that someone out there can help you, 
often for free. This is one of the linux platform's greatest strengths. 
However, Linux users are also its greatest weakness. This may not 
apply to most of the community, but there is a very vocal minority 
that gives Linux a bad name. To every Linux user that has ever 
helped a newbie, I thank you. I have been helped by many a guru, 
often when I've been asking the simplest of questions. It's the 
remainder that are a problem.

I once heard a song by Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie [1] called 
Every OS Sucks, where Linux users were described as 'elitist nerdy 
shmucks'. Sadly this is true for much of the 'community'. Too many 
consider themselves better than the rest of the world because they 
run Linux. Can you believe that? It's just a computer operating 
system, but somehow they think that it makes them better than 
those people who run systems such as Microsoft Windows! Elitism 
drives people away, as does saying “RTFM” or belittling people who 
choose a different distro from yourself.

'Nuff said about that.
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[1] http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/cds/115/115919.html

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Angus Scott-Fleming
GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona
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angussf@geoapps.com