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From: wnp@killer.UUCP (Wolf Paul)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: MKS  HOLY WARS/CRUSADES
Message-ID: <2073@killer.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 12-Nov-87 16:54:29 EST
Article-I.D.: killer.2073
Posted: Thu Nov 12 16:54:29 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 15-Nov-87 10:27:38 EST
References: <2030@killer.UUCP> <337@u1100s.UUCP>
Reply-To: wnp@killer.UUCP (Wolf Paul)
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In article <337@u1100s.UUCP> scj@u1100s.UUCP (Steve Johnson) writes:
>In article <2030@killer.UUCP>, dono@killer.UUCP (Don OConnell) writes:
>> 
>> Will you people out there in netland quit wasting bandwidth with these
>> stupid HOLY WARS/CRUSADES about MKS and other inane subjects.
>> 
>> Mks produces a good product which has a niche to fill. Now lets get on to 
>  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>How can you say this AND say stop the HOLY WARS in the same breath?

What he says makes sense. If it were not a good product, there would not be 
enough people out there who bought it and are using it, and the flamers would
have no-one to flame. 

It is the flamers, many with highly inflammatory and childishly exaggerated
language, who start and nourish holy wars on the net. It is one thing to hold 
an opinion of a product, it is another to call anyone an idiot or worse who
doesn't share your opinion. That's how the wars start.

Recent comments recommending the MKS toolkit were made in response to queries,
which is perfectly legitimate. The inflammatory follow-ups were not, mostly
because of their tone.

Wolf Paul
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