When zeal becomes zealotry. Why people use nyms.
Hadron
And as usual the BoycottNovell types are the reasons behind it.
http://opensourcetogo.blogspot.com/2009/06/when-zeal-becomes-zealotry-tawdry-tale.html
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| Most people have enough good sense not to resort to this sort of
| transparent attempt at intimidation, and my manager is smart enough not
| to take that sort of thing with much seriousness. I mentioned on the
| list that this was happening and that I thought it, while laughable,
| entirely out of line. There was general agreement, some of it in much
| stronger terms, but Mark's response was "no wonder you got reported to
| your boss, david. you are not very resptful [sic] of your users and
| customers." Some folks expressed (reasonable) outrage at this, but the
| reaction which really disturbed me was that a number of people began to
| post under pseudonyms for fear of finding themselves on the receiving
| end this kind of cheap attack at them and their livelihoods.
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Disgraceful.
Hadron
Holy shit! I didnt read this 'til now!
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| Then things got really weird. I got a private message from Mark Fink,
| claiming that he was scared that he'd gotten in over his head, and that
| Roy had in fact put him up to the whole thing. He included as evidence a
| digitally signed message from Roy--and I've verified the signature as
| being authentic--in which Roy tells Mark the following:
|
|
| -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > Hi Roy,
| >
| > I'm sorry. it just makes me so mad when people are pro-MONO. also
| > it was not me who tried to get david fired so its unfair that they
| > are pinning it on me.
|
| I liked what you do, but try to distance yourself from the site to
| give it credibility. Make it look like a personal gripe while the
| site keeps it polite.
|
| - -- ~~ Best of wishes
|
| Roy S. Schestowitz http://Schestowitz.com | GNU/Linux | PGP-Key:
| 0x74572E8E Freelance journalist @ http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/
| Editor @ http://boycottnovell.com GPL-licensed 3-D Othello @
| http://othellomaster.com Open Source, non-profit search engine
| proposal @ http://iuron.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version:
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|
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|
| The signature checks, this message is definitely authentically from
| Roy. The tone doesn't strike me as someone who's talking to someone
| who's done something he thinks is damaging to his cause, just the
| contrary. Nor does he express displeasure with Mark's actions, but
| outright approval, only a wish that a "credibly deniable" sort of
| distance be kept.
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LOL. That's really clever : signing your messages to your minions when
sending them out to do illegal stalking and character assassinations!