[Discuss] excuse me?

[stephen hawkes]

My newly discovered super skill is bad analogies, this is an especially 
bad inverse analogy:

Asking linux users and advocates to purchase proprietary software for 
you is like asking a prostitute to help find you a gf so you can get laid.

linux users push open free software => prostitutes sell sex

asking someone that doesn't use proprietary software (whether paid for 
or not) to purchase it for you => Asking someone that sells sex to get 
it for you for free

Yeah it was bad, and offtopic. But that makes at least 3 bad analogies 
today (I'm on my way to upper management!)

Brij Charan wrote:
> Alan.
>
> You've asked the same question twice, referring to the fact you can't afford
> dreamweaver, etc...more than once.
>
> We've given you a lot of helpful advice, and clearly you simply don't want
> to take that advice, and you keep pushing dreamweaver.
>
> You stated that you cannot afford dreamweaver, and you want someone to
> basically purchase it for you, this is simply not going to happen alan.
> We gave you multiple alternatives, and you decided to instead to hire
> someone to come over and show you, instead of just spending the time to
> learn it yourself.
> If you want to make a living out of web design, there is no 'magic' program
> that is going to do it for you.
>
> You have to put in the time to learn it.
> Most experienced and successful dreamwever users know how to code from
> scratch, they just use dreamweaver as a tool to speed up their workflow, not
> replace it.
>
> Please don't ask for charity here, and please don't ask for help, then
> completely ignore our advice.
>
> On 8/14/07, Alan Clemens <alanclemens at shawcable.com> wrote:
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>> To David Bronaugh,
>>
>> Well excuuuuuuuse me!  When I signed up to VMUG "Victoria Macintosh
>> Users Group", they informed me that this was a open forum for Mac
>> users, and I've never had any problems before...that is until you
>> came along.
>>
>> On 14-Aug-07, at 10:20 AM, David Bronaugh wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Alan Clemens wrote:
>>>       
>>>> I know DreamWeaver is supposed to be THE BEST program on the
>>>> market for creating web pages,  but can anyone please  tell me
>>>> "if" DreamWeaver is the best "and" if iWeb was the poorest for
>>>> making web pages - is there one in between the two?  I mean, there
>>>> is no way that I can afford to buy DreamWeaver, and iWeb just is
>>>> to mickey mouse for me.  So, is there one that's between the two?
>>>>
>>>> Alan
>>>>         
>>> Last I checked, this was a mailing list to discuss Linux and open
>>> source. Since when did "discussing proprietary software" and
>>> "whining about people not pirating Dreamweaver for you" fall under
>>> that description?
>>>
>>> If you want to ask about Linux and/or things related to open
>>> source, that's one thing. But if you're looking for bleeding
>>> hearts, look somewhere else.
>>>
>>> David
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