Comments on: Joe Barr, Linux.com Editor – My Obituary http://techrights.org/2008/07/30/joe-barr-obituary/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Fri, 25 Nov 2016 09:41:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.14 By: Mark Kent http://techrights.org/2008/07/30/joe-barr-obituary/comment-page-1/#comment-17567 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:11:17 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/30/joe-barr-obituary/#comment-17567 Needs sunlight: as you say, the trolling was a notable symptom of both the methods of trolls, and his effectiveness at identifying and addressing germane issues.

Do journalists really retire? I thought they migrated to opinion columns :-)

Ta,

Mark

]]> By: Needs Sunlight http://techrights.org/2008/07/30/joe-barr-obituary/comment-page-1/#comment-17347 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:01:27 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/30/joe-barr-obituary/#comment-17347 Thanks, Mark. Joe will be missed. That the trolls go in for character assassination (ad hominem) only means he wrote well and covered important, relevant topics in a timely manner.

He was a rare breed, but more of his kind are needed today. Maybe some can step out of retirement for a few hours per week and step up to the plate and deal M$ &co’s “saturate, diffuse and confuse” campaign against computer knowledge.

]]> By: Mark Kent http://techrights.org/2008/07/30/joe-barr-obituary/comment-page-1/#comment-17322 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:49:22 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/30/joe-barr-obituary/#comment-17322 me: thanks & well spotted!

Ta,

Mark K.

]]> By: me http://techrights.org/2008/07/30/joe-barr-obituary/comment-page-1/#comment-17319 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:58:26 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/30/joe-barr-obituary/#comment-17319 Good article. Hyperbolae should be hyperbole.

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