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A Plea
A Plea
Posted Feb 5, 2007 17:53 UTC (Mon) by drosser (subscriber, #29597)In reply to: Comparing Linux and Minix by proski
Parent article: Comparing Linux and Minix
Could we refrain from the personal attacks? I'm not asking for a RULE per se, but how about a level of professionalism?
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A Plea
Posted Feb 5, 2007 18:32 UTC (Mon) by proski (subscriber, #104) [Link]
I hope my comment doesn't really qualify as a personal attack. But I'm sorry for any offense.
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Posted Feb 5, 2007 23:20 UTC (Mon) by sidecut (subscriber, #628) [Link]
It's possible that the original complaint about a personal attack was a joke, one whose origin is a dry sense of humor.But, assuming the original complainer wasn't joking, I don't think that it was a personal attack. Frankly, it's a metaphor, and right on the money. After reading the article, it's shocking that Dr. Tannenbaum's results are -- to me, anyway -- misleading. He was acting like a politician or a salesman. Now if you consider either of those two labels insulting, then perhaps it is a personal attack after all! ;)
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Posted Feb 11, 2007 2:31 UTC (Sun) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954) [Link]
Well, it's not a metaphor. It's a simile. The commenter says Tannenbaum is like a certain kind of politician, not that he is one. And it's about the weakest kind of simile: "reminds me of."