I'd really feel down if Kintaro left.
My PM was just meant as a small warning, not an actual threat or something.
Well, from the way he was behaving on the hitler thread, I figured he felt threatened and was on defensive. Most likely he interpreted your warning as an offensive action as well and is taking distance to let things cool down. I just hope he doesn't interpret my earlier message to be an insult, it's a little tough to say because I don't really know him. My initial guess would be that this place is a "safe haven" for him and I'm invading the forums and nobody's supporting him when he tries to defend place. The threat to leave is a concrete call for support, despite the drama it creates. It kind of makes me feel guilty for breaking the peace here, too.
I can only assure you that I'm not here to try to convert you, but to shine light on disinformation. You could see it as an oppoturnity rather that threat, to solidify your own anti-microsoft stance by focusing on what's true and not running a FUD engine of your own. I have taken quite a focused pro-windows attitude here to keep the discussion on subject, I could tell you about my linux use but it'd be too easy to turn it against my claims for Windows superiority, even though my OS habits are a completely subjective thing and have little to do with Windows itself. I'd like to keep it this way as well, at least for now, even if it makes my views "predictable" or "repetitive". At least I'll try to give a basis for my views, and I'll try to keep that a little less repetitive where possible.
I think kintaro has been acting just OK. Even though the hitler thread attacked me in person instead of my opinions, I don't mind. I'm not offended by it. There was much truth to it, as I'm purposedly taking a stance here in everything I say. In a way, this is "enemy territory" so I think my approach to conversation has been just fine. What comes to my actual argument strategy, I don't think I'm doing it quite as extreme as kintaro sees it. I can see how "requires skill to use" implies arrogance, and how it makes it look like I'm comparing a super configured windows to a default linux, but I feel these are only a direct result from the fact that it's possible to distribute your own linux configuration, but not your own windows configuration. There are some projects out there to autoconfigure windows installations but they're not very generic yet and only support one built-in profile.
Blah blah. Such a long post, while all I really wanted to say is that I think kintaro is OK.
