"Dean Kent" <drkent3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:6mirk.7546$np7.4384@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> "Dale E. Pontius" <suitnop@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:487ce35e$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >
>> OK... If you want to create some traffic...
>>
>> John C o r s e
>> John C o r s e
>> John C o r s
>>
>> Naaaahhh, I couldn't do it! I just can't bring myself to summon the
>> Candyman.
>>
>> DEP
>> KRW, do you still check here, at all?
>> How's retirement?
>
> OK, I'll bite.
>
> John Corse was the 'trigger', but there were several regulars here who
> used
> him as an excuse to demonize every visitor here who dared to express a
> contrarian view - particularly when it was not in praise of AMD. It
> certainly drove me away, and I know of many others who expressed the
same
> feeling. The ones who remained, of course, were of a like mind, and
> defended that behavior - but it is obvious that they essentially killed
> the
> group.
>
> Even though I was one of those who helped drive out John Corse - who, by
> the
> way I ended up figuring out who he *really* was (last name was
Evangelou)
> and after outing him privately caused him to stop posting here - I was
> eventually demonized as well because I wouldn't toe the 'party line'.
>
> I am quite sure that there will be those who will disagree - and this
may,
> in fact, start a somewhat lively thread. But, since I had some
measure
> of
> control over my website's forum, I opted to spend my time there instead
> and
> try to push civil behavior down people's throats. It has worked
> remarkably
> well, and that accursed web forum (to steal from another's post here)
has
> excellent dialog without the vitriol. Linus Torvalds regularly posts
> there, as do a number of other well-known, and well-informed, people.
> I'll
> admit, however, that it isn't a place for doing any rah-rah for any
> particular company or product. It's just a discussion of technical
> issues - just the way I like it. :-).
>
> I just happened to stop by to see if things were still the same here.
> Glad
> to see that most of the ***holes are gone, but sorry to see that the
> discussion has become much less interesting (with a few exceptions).
>
> Regards,
> Dean
As a long time lurker I would like to witness what you state here did
happen. If you didn't think AMD was the answer to all lifes problems you
where a reject.
Robert Myers on the other hand was not a AMD fanboy. He is a counterpoint
to
the AMD fanboys here.
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