On Monday 16 January 2006 16:20, Baishampayan Ghose wrote:
Yeah, but you should have got the point ... sadly you didn't. And no, he won't teach you how to program. People like Guido are only for those who have the basic foundations lied down well, just like Linus won't come to teach you C.
Err dude, that example was way off topic and so is what you've said here. I call it quits about this!
For one thing, Shuttleworth isn't a programmer or a developer and secondly, there's nothing wrong with people wanting technical talks instead of business talks.
Also, I still don't have a problem with hoping that Linus would come to teach me C. The fact that he won't; in the near future; doesn't change a thing.
Open your mind! Stranger things have happened!!
He's here since Canonical is on a tour of Asia.
I do not have a sixth sense about these matters. Neither am I interested in Ubuntu or Canonical. Well, I would be if they bought Gentoo... Thanks for letting me know though.
Its aims and objectives are clearly laid down here https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AsiaBusinessTour . Just a simple search could have helped, but I guess you were too busy being incorrigible.
Well, how nice.. "Asia Business Tour" Rings a bell, does it? And yes, I AM too busy to search about ways to expand the Ubuntu user base!
Ubuntu advocacy. Yes, that's most probably the case. And you think you don't even need to listen to him? Would it really hurt if you go there and listen what a guy like Mark has to say? We all know what rms says each and everytime he speaks, yet we all listen to him intently. You never know when they share a gem with you.
Well, simple point. I do not have the resources to go in person to listen to Ubuntu talks. Instead I can just go over the reports. Once again, I say, I'd be very interested in going in person if it isn't about Ubuntu.
I'd rather spend the time reading up on Chanakya and listening to Pt. Bhimsen Joshi.
... or installing anti-[spyware|virus|etc.] on your favourite box.
Whatever makes you think I use Windows... I wonder. Hehehe, funny how people are so quick to draw conclusions and assume things. Just because I don't want to listen to Ubuntu talk doesn't mean I'm a Windows user! Open your mind to other possibilities too ;) And wait a minute.. isn't this the Linux Users' Group mailing list?
This is idiotic! I'm not posting about this again!
Though this being my first flame war, I must say, flame wars are fun :D
Regards, Mrugesh
P.S. I so love Kmail these days! I had typed all the matter above and my KVM switch decided to play games. I had to hard reboot.. I start up the pc thinking "Damn, I'm gonna have to type all that again!" And lo!! Kmail simply popped up the window with the message completely intact :D