religion?

[Leo Mauler]

--- Craig Aldinger <gonzogone at gmail.com> wrote:

> Please pardon me for a statement of the obvious...
> where do the almighty and linux get into the same 
> forum? If I wanted to get into some kind of 
> theological/spiritual debate it certainly would 
> not be here! Linux, please, and save the rants on 
> religion for some other web forum.

Linux vs. Microsoft has always been framed in a very
"good vs. evil" conceptual structure, so rants about
the almighty and rants about Linux have a lot of
history in common: the Burning Kernel, the Exodus from
Windows, the Penguin hitting Microsoft with a
metaphorical slingshot stone, Linus the Baptist, the
LinuxCon on the Mount, the triumphant ride up the hill
of Corporate America (as corporations cheered and
threw "greenery" at Linux), you get the picture.

When you throw in someone who is devout in both areas
(such as Luke-Jr, who regards "ndiswrapper" as a kind
of apostasy because it requires the use of Microsoft
drivers), a Linux list getting a religious rant is
entirely too likely.

You can't jokingly refer to Microsoft as "Satan" for
very long before you start to believe it (provided you
already believe in ultimate good and ultimate evil). 
Words have power.

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