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Oct 12, 2010 at 16:57 comment added unomi First off, let me say that I am a fan of SO, I browse it frequently and try to help where I can. That said, I find the derision intended with 'religious zealotry', 'factionalism' and its ilk as willfully ignoring the history of Ubuntu. Ubuntu would never have existed if it wasn't for the zealous pursuance of 'libre' software. To try to paint that as a quaint notion of some weirdos is to discount the value of Ubuntu itself. This isn't about me thinking that Jeff is a fascist capitalist pig, I am sure he is a swell guy :) It's about continuing to build 'libre' value.
Oct 11, 2010 at 12:16 comment added Jonik For the record, I'd also rather see both Ubuntu & SO as being about "humanity towards others" and such things, instead of petty factionalism. :-)
Oct 11, 2010 at 12:11 comment added Jonik @andrewsomething: That was a tongue-in-cheek comment in reference to badp's amusing observation above and the thread on Ubuntu Forums (where some zealotry is going on), not so much about the Shapado site itself.
Oct 11, 2010 at 5:49 comment added badp @Jeff it is, for me :)
Oct 11, 2010 at 4:53 comment added Jeff Atwood @badp isn't part of the point of both Ubuntu and Stack Overflow that we can all get along and learn from each other regardless of petty differences like religion, I mean, technology stack?
Oct 11, 2010 at 4:39 comment added andrewsomething @Jonik, That's ridiculously unfair to the folks at ubuntu.shapado.com They were running that site before the Ubuntu site started in Area 51 here. It's not like they up and started it out of "religious zealotry" after this one.
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Oct 10, 2010 at 21:31 comment added Jonik Heh, "ubuntu ask", almost identical names and all. Of course, that site doesn't seem to have the "issue" of a critical mass of users either, even if it runs on kosher FOSS stack. (But maybe I shouldn't underestimate what religious zealotry can achieve when let loose...) :-)
Oct 10, 2010 at 21:19 comment added unomi Indeed, especially when you consider: ubuntu.shapado.com which has none of those issues.
Oct 10, 2010 at 21:03 comment added badp That thread is going to get hot once people find out this site runs on Windows, C#, ASP.net, LINQ and what not. Good luck passing the point that's because of pragmatic reasons. :)
Oct 10, 2010 at 20:57 comment added Jonik I've participated a little, but it seriously bugs me that you can't upvote good posts... :) +1 for insightful observations at this post.
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