Troll Re: Red Hat to Stop Distributions (was-> Re: rtems-4.6pre5building first time WITH Ada)

[Ralf Corsepius]

On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 01:41, Don Pogoda wrote:
> I would appreciate if you do not block me for "trolling" (whatever that is)!
http://info.astrian.net/jargon/terms/t/troll.html

> It's not like I am posting everyday.  I have been sitting watching this news
> list for probably a year now and have probably posted less than 10 times.
You had posted pretty well known "news" (Every RedHat user received a
pretty lengthy notice from RedHat directly) in an abridged, uncommented
form, cowardly hiding behind a anonymous alias, from an account at least
I can't find any previous posting in my local archive of rtems-users.
Also your posting did not contain any reference (In-Reply-To) to the
thread. Now you are posting under a different mail account.

All these are features of a mail typically being used by a person
wanting to ignite flame wars and/or looking for a fight.

A jargon expression to describe such a person is a "troll".

> Maybe I should have put a little verbiage in explaining this might be
> pertinent to those using Red Hat (at my last job I was trying to RTEMS under
> Red Hat Linux).
Yes, such a mail would have sounded differently.

>   Given the original content of this thread and the thread
> someone posted looking for a "Slick Red Hat Tool" (Chris Sparks on Monday 10
> Nov @ 1:18pm), I think planning on what platforms are available and tool
> compatibility is important.

> My apologies for not explaining fully!
Apology accepted. 

But be aware, if I were the postmaster of this list, you already would
have been unsubscribed and blocked. I probably also would considered to
contact earthlink.net and would have asked them to cancel your account
for "trolling".

Now EOT.

Ralf