Comments on: Who Are the ‘Zealots’ Anyway? http://techrights.org/2009/03/05/foss-advocates-attacked/ 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: Peter http://techrights.org/2009/03/05/foss-advocates-attacked/comment-page-1/#comment-60227 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 07:27:20 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2009/03/05/foss-advocates-attacked/#comment-60227 Wow. I’ve been ridiculed many times and can recall an instance where someone in an audience listening to my talk was visibly angry. But I’ve never had anyone act in an intimidating way toward me.

I’ve gotten the “zealot” treatment lots too.

]]> By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2009/03/05/foss-advocates-attacked/comment-page-1/#comment-60221 Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:58:42 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2009/03/05/foss-advocates-attacked/#comment-60221 In private, Ken told me some worse stories.

“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”

Keep up the good ‘fight’.

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And, it’s going to get worse as things shift towards Linux and as the US economy flails around for a while yet to come.

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