The Name "Microsuck"

[Stilly]

the site is fine

and isn't this just something webmaster does in his spare time?

[Laukev7]

OK, OK, it was just a suggestion. I like the forums; I just thought that we could go further, that's all.

[Calum]

i do think all of those points about why the site sucks are valid, but i agree also with those people doing the shouting down. basically webmaster has only a certain amount of time, he's not going to hand over authority to anybody else, get over it or start your own site. many people have done this. check out:
http://voidmain.is-a-geek.net
http://promote-opensource.org
http://openopen.org
http://belg88.com/faqman/
http://openopen.cjb.net/
and probably a few others too.

the problem is that the majority of useful posters STILL rest their arses on the sofa of THIS site and don't go to the other (and in some ways better) sites. How long has it been since somebody added to the FAQ at belg88.com for example? or read something on openopen.cjb.net? or posted at void's forums? i haven't the time to wade through ths shit here although i do come here sometimes to see what's going on and to delete whatever troll posts still lurk, perhaps those who are unhappy could come to one of the alternative fuckMS sites instead. OR even better go there AS WELL.

[Laukev7]

Actually, it has to do with the fact that not all MS haters use GNU/Linux or OSS systems, which is what those sites cater to. Those sites are more anti-proprietary than anti-Microsoft, and too OS specific. I would join those sites, but I cannot do so, as I would have to advocate ideas I do not agree with (like the free software issue). Besides, I prefer BeOS and Mac OS over Linux.

[Calum]

fair enough, i think macman started a little mac user community too, but i don't have the URL.

you are right in a way though, void's site is about linux (whether on a macintosh or not), and the openopen/promote- sites are about open source software, not just microsoft or linux. This does include excellent open source software for macOS too btw, like GNUMail or Openoffice.org. In fact panos (who runs promote-) is a happy mac owner.
the belg88 site is more like what we are about on fuckmicrosoft.com (heh heh! nothing to stop me calling it that) but is more of an archive than a forum.

[helloalexb]

This site is fine the way it is.

[Pissed_Macman]

quote:fair enough, i think macman started a little mac user community too, but i don't have the URL.

It was Muffin Man who started it, and its at http://www.akgames.net/maccubed/.

[ August 30, 2003: Message edited by: Macman: submissive pillock ]

[hm_murdock]

boxes of bombs!! I'd better check it out