[aklug] Re: CL add about Linux

FTR, I emailed Tim personally, since I was giving him the benefit of the
doubt. I'm guessing he responded to the list to assuage the fears of
anyone else who might have thought along the same lines as me.

On 01/18/2013 01:02 PM, Tim Johnson wrote:
> * adam bultman <adamb@glaven.org> [130118 12:28]:
>> Not sure if insensitive, or just a reference to the personality type of
>> smart non-social nerds...
> 'Parsing' what I wrote with annotation follows :
>>>> Anyone know who this is?
>>> No idea. And I would not have written that ad in that fashion,
>>> trained as I am in technical writing.
> I would have written such a proposal as I would have written a
> technical document. In a professional manner. That's just me.
>
>>> But Aaron Swartz might have.
> I am giving this writer the benefit of the doubt by the comparison
> with some who was light years ahead of me in sheer brilliance
> (Swartz). The fact that he says 'addy' instead of address doesn't
> make him stupid nor does it trivialize a possible noble body of
> work. But it does kind of give me a negative impression.
>
> He wrote almost like he was inviting people to a party. Not that
> there's anything wrong with that. :) I wish him/her well.
>
> cheers

-- 
Adam
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