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Old 10-14-09   #1 (permalink)
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Default [TechRepublic] 5 Phrases that diminish the credibility of people arguing about OSes
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Much like “The Boy Who Cried Wolf,” if you see the same claim made in every argument, time and time again, that claim starts to lose credibility. I don’t think there’s anywhere in modern life where this is more visible than in the Linux/Mac/Windows flame wars currently taking place throughout the Web. With that in mind, I’d like to present a list of phrases that are as overplayed as your least favorite Nickleback song
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/tr-out-loud/?p=1173


It's an interesting read, and it definitely hits the mark, but I can't help but get the feeling that this article is kind of aimed at us Linux "fanboiz" (users)...

Please don't fLAME.

PS--If this is too OT please take it down. I feel that it has a lot to do with how people talk about OSes at OCN, but if you are a moderator and don't like this, feel free to get rid of it or move it to the OT section.
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Calling your opponent a “Fanboy”
This is especially true if you use some cute misspelling of the word to try and make it seem more… I don’t know, punk and edgy? And, here, let me raise my hand on this one. Guilty. I’ve done it. We’ve all done it. It is played out. Stop. Just stop. To be honest, when your opponent starts taking YOUR slur and using it with pride, it’s time to hang up using that word at all in your arguments. And if you’re one of the people adopting the term “Fanboy” as a term of pride… don’t. Drop it. Let it die.
THIS, the term is way overused especially on this forum.
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Methinks that witty fanboys use security as FUD.

BTW: I am very tired of seeing M$...
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The number 1 was good. You see too much of that.

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Calling someone a troll is often used too much as well. That and fanboy.
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Methinks Linux is for weird people with a pony tail and sandals and socks
LOL I better get to it on growing my hair then... i don't think the sandals + socks will ever happen though... I've got it covered on the Weird front...
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They forgot rule 0.

rule 0.) People who make asinine lists with no argument or substance, only vague allusions to something someone said once about something. And fanboys.
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Calling someone a troll is often used too much as well. That and fanboy.
I was just reading a thread in which you accused the other posters of trolling. I mean, are you for real?
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