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Group dead?
"Dean Kent" wrote in message ... "Dale E. Pontius" wrote in message news:487ce35e$1@kcnews01... OK... If you want to create some traffic... John C o r s e John C o r s e John C o r s Naaaahhh, I couldn't do it! I just can't bring myself to summon the Candyman. DEP KRW, do you still check here, at all? How's retirement? OK, I'll bite. John Corse was the 'trigger', but there were several regulars here who used him as an excuse to demonize every visitor here who dared to express a contrarian view - particularly when it was not in praise of AMD. It certainly drove me away, and I know of many others who expressed the same feeling. The ones who remained, of course, were of a like mind, and defended that behavior - but it is obvious that they essentially killed the group. Even though I was one of those who helped drive out John Corse - who, by the way I ended up figuring out who he *really* was (last name was Evangelou) and after outing him privately caused him to stop posting here - I was eventually demonized as well because I wouldn't toe the 'party line'. I am quite sure that there will be those who will disagree - and this may, in fact, start a somewhat lively thread. But, since I had some measure of control over my website's forum, I opted to spend my time there instead and try to push civil behavior down people's throats. It has worked remarkably well, and that accursed web forum (to steal from another's post here) has excellent dialog without the vitriol. Linus Torvalds regularly posts there, as do a number of other well-known, and well-informed, people. I'll admit, however, that it isn't a place for doing any rah-rah for any particular company or product. It's just a discussion of technical issues - just the way I like it. :-). I just happened to stop by to see if things were still the same here. Glad to see that most of the ***holes are gone, but sorry to see that the discussion has become much less interesting (with a few exceptions). Regards, Dean As a long time lurker I would like to witness what you state here did happen. If you didn't think AMD was the answer to all lifes problems you where a reject. Robert Myers on the other hand was not a AMD fanboy. He is a counterpoint to the AMD fanboys here. |
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