DarkLordofthePenguins

I've resolved to tone down the anti-Microsoft rants I've been doing. Several members have criticized me for them, saying it sounds like I'm just biased and have a vendetta against them. I've stopped using phrases like Micro$oft and Winblows, because when I do that it sounds like I'm just making fun of them (ad hominem) rather than presenting an actual argument. I've found it's not a good way to do what I want to do, which is promote free software and freedom from corporate strangles, for those reasons and also because I'm not always good at expressing what I want to say, and often say things in ways that people might misinterpret.

I still hate MS, because of what they're trying to do to Linux and open source, not out of bitterness, but in the future I will be focusing more on positive things, and write more about things actually related to computers and programming. I don't want to come off as a raving loony with a fragile grip on reality; I want to give the impression of an avid computer geek who is passionate about technology. My next entry will be about a neat hack I discovered in Vim, once I have access to the place I wrote it down (my other computer). I will also be spending more time on the forums.