Hey Alex,

Is this you or someone impersonating you?


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Subject: Easy winxp and Linux co-existence
Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 11:51:27 -0700
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Curious about other popular OS, but be afraid of mess. 
Look here. 

http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17024 

From the next screen top download (700MB) FREE and burn a Knoppix live CD, 
and from this “short manual� for easy Linux/Knoppix and winxp co-existence go 
“from zero to Linux in 1 day�: 

Good luck 
Alex
Here's a few things to think about if it is indeed you running around in the newsgroups posting this.

The first thing is that somepeople are going to think this is SPAM and will report this and probably already have. This is going to be looked on, by the reporting agencies, as having the merits of unsolicited mail messages and they will add knoppix.net to the blacklists. I've been using Knoppix for ages (one of the earliest builds is actually the only one I tend to use and I use it for those days when I need to access the disk, don't have ERD handy, or don't have license to use ERD on that computer) and support the development of alternate operating systems even though I'm marginally affiliated with Microsoft® and support most of their actions. (No, not all of them and I'm not seeking to flame or troll but rather to quantify this and make you aware what might be problems with your actions.)

Next, this sort of behavior looks bad. People are just starting to actually think about the use of *NIX as a desktop client and, more importantly, as a corporate desktop solution. The path ahead of *NIX is looking positive and the hopes of the originators are beginning to come to light. Setbacks, such as changing people's opinions by giving them negative responses, aren't going to help this cause at all. I think that you had the best intentions at heart and that your goal was to show that Knoppix and Windows could be used in tandem with each other and that you were trying to make the users of the Microsoft Windows® aware of the potentially beneficial relationship between the two operating systems.

Finally, it's reasonably obvious that you support *NIX yet your post shows that you were, in fact, using Outlook Express to make post to the newsgroups. Most people won't know that as they're unlikely to review the headers unless it's to report you for SPAMing. For just a moment think about the average avid *NIX supporter's reaction to someone who came in and posted something that was seen as promotion of the Windows OS. What if, maybe, the person was seen as representing Microsoft and then went into the *NIX forum (perhaps one such as this) and urged people to try Windows instead? I don't think that people would appreciate it a great deal.

The reason I post this is because I don't personally care either way BUT I don't want Knoppix effected by this. I'd hate to see the URL blacklisted or you get in trouble with your ISP for instance. I support spreading the word about alternate operating systems and believe that alternates provide a basis for competition and will better both products. In the end I think it will come down to personal preference as the realm of *NIX becomes closer and closer to that of being accepted by the average user as an alternative desktop solution.

UneasyRider

*Update: Please note that you were NOT using Outlook Express when I thought you were. I'd mis-read the header information. My bad. Rather than edit the comment out I'll simply admit my error here at the bottom. Ah well, sorry for mis-reading it.*