Re: [OT] Re: Troll Tech [was Re: Sco vs. IBM]

[Larry McVoy]

On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 04:05:01PM -0700, David Schwartz wrote:
> 
> > The fact that you aren't someone who has run a business doesn't, as you
> > say, necessarily mean that you are less skilled but it certainly, without
> > any room for disagreement, means you are less experienced.  Experience is
> > a valuable thing, to me if not to you.  A very valuable thing.  I'm not
> > discounting your words, I've read them, thought about them, and decided
> > that I value them less than I value information coming from people with
> > experience in running a business.
> 
> 	If I see an argument, I don't give a damn who made it. I evaluate the
> argument based upon its merits. If I'm not competent to evaluate the
> argument on its merits, I'm not competent to have an opinion at all.

Couldn't agree more.  The part you don't seem to want to accept is that 
I don't agree with the merits of the arguments presented.  And my view
is based on real world experience versus the theoretical views of the
people making the arguments.

That doesn't make me right, it just makes quite likely that I'm right
based on past history.  Experience almost always wins over theory.
Not always but so far noone has presenting anything compelling which
suggests the theory beats experience in this case, IMO.