Is Linux, or The Linux Community, A Cult ?

There are more than a few similarities between Linux and a typical
religious cult.

For example:

Both worship their leader.
Both have a distended, warped view of their subject matter.
Both are obsessed with something that most people know nothing about.
Both believe that they are right and everyone else is wrong.
Both insist on proselytizing or converting every single person into
the fold.
Both have a warped view of the economy. IOW give everything away for
free.
Both have socialistic tendencies.
Both seem to attract oddballs, social misfits and the mentally ill.
Both encourage obsessive behavior and total devotion to the cause.
Both disparage and try to discredit the mainstream or competition.
Both have a militaristic attitude of you are either with us 100
percent or against us.

...and so it goes.

It sure seems like Linux is a cult.

P.S. Feel free to add to the list!!

Oh man.......here it goes!

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On Monday 19 February 2007 17:08 linux.curious******.com wrote:

> There are more than a few similarities between Linux

If you make any more postings (and we hope not!) please include [Troll] in
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linux.curious******.com wrote:
> There are more than a few similarities between Linux and a typical
> religious cult.
>
> For example:
>
> Both worship their leader.

I'm a Linux user and don't even know who the leader is, much less
worship him or her.

> Both have a distended, warped view of their subject matter.

Opinion.

> Both are obsessed with something that most people know nothing about.

Opinion.

> Both believe that they are right and everyone else is wrong.

Not me, I think Windows XP is great.

> Both insist on proselytizing or converting every single person into
> the fold.

It's natural to tell others about something you like. I suppose you've
never recommended a movie or music to someone else?

> Both have a warped view of the economy. IOW give everything away for
> free.

Heaven forbid that something free should be a good thing! It's also
*free* from malware and viruses.

> Both have socialistic tendencies.

What's wrong with socialism?

> Both seem to attract oddballs, social misfits and the mentally ill.

Skewered opinion.

> Both encourage obsessive behavior and total devotion to the cause.

Bull.

> Both disparage and try to discredit the mainstream or competition.

Windows discredits itself.

> Both have a militaristic attitude of you are either with us 100
> percent or against us.

False.

>
> ..and so it goes.
>
> It sure seems like Linux is a cult.
>
> P.S. Feel free to add to the list!!

You obviously do not know what you're talking about.

Alias

On 2007-02-19, Alias <aka@masked&anonymous.es> wrote:
> linux.curious******.com wrote:
>> There are more than a few similarities between Linux and a typical
>> religious cult.
>>
>> For example:
>>
>> Both worship their leader.
>
> I'm a Linux user and don't even know who the leader is, much
> less worship him or her.

I am.

Send me 50% of all your money.

Pray if you like.

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Now that I think about it, couldn't the same be said for some MS devotees?

Oh well, let the games begin!



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Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2007-02-19, Alias <aka@masked&anonymous.es> wrote:
>> linux.curious******.com wrote:
>>> There are more than a few similarities between Linux and a typical
>>> religious cult.
>>>
>>> For example:
>>>
>>> Both worship their leader.
>> I'm a Linux user and don't even know who the leader is, much
>> less worship him or her.
>
> I am.
>
> Send me 50% of all your money.
>
> Pray if you like.
>

LOL!

Alias

"B Gruff" wrote:

> If you make any more postings (and we hope not!) please include [Troll] in
> the header

A bit like the suggestion of a .con TLD for spammers.

On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:08:39 -0800, linux.curious wrote:

> There are more than a few similarities between Linux and a typical
> religious cult.
>
> For example:
>
> Both worship their leader.
> Both have a distended, warped view of their subject matter.
> Both are obsessed with something that most people know nothing about.
> Both believe that they are right and everyone else is wrong.
> Both insist on proselytizing or converting every single person into
> the fold.
> Both have a warped view of the economy. IOW give everything away for
> free.
> Both have socialistic tendencies.
> Both seem to attract oddballs, social misfits and the mentally ill.
> Both encourage obsessive behavior and total devotion to the cause.
> Both disparage and try to discredit the mainstream or competition.
> Both have a militaristic attitude of you are either with us 100
> percent or against us.
>
> ..and so it goes.
>
> It sure seems like Linux is a cult.
>
> P.S. Feel free to add to the list!!

Seems like "linux.curious" is a strange name for someone who has such
strong opinions.

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On Feb 19, 12:52 pm, "Curt Christianson"
<curtchrist...@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote:
> Now that I think about it, couldn't the same be said for some MS devotees?

comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy, which is really the only Windows
advocacy group, is completely dead.
Comp.os.linux.advocacy however is one of the most active groups on
Usenet.


> Oh well, let the games begin!

They already have. Look at the responses and observe how the Linux
advocates are in denial.
You can search anywhere on the net and you will find reams of
information about Linux zealots.

Start here:

http://www.adequacy.org/stories/2001...101258.24.html


> --
> Curt

linux.curious******.com wrote:
> On Feb 19, 12:52 pm, "Curt Christianson"
> <curtchrist...@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote:
>> Now that I think about it, couldn't the same be said for some MS devotees?
>
> comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy, which is really the only Windows
> advocacy group, is completely dead.
> Comp.os.linux.advocacy however is one of the most active groups on
> Usenet.
>
>
>> Oh well, let the games begin!
>
> They already have. Look at the responses and observe how the Linux
> advocates are in denial.

When I first read your post of similarities, I assumed you were
referring to religion, both small and large/organized.

'Denial' got them to the White House.

The racist, liar and software thief Gary Stewart (flatfish) nymshifted:

< snip flatfish droppings >

Poor flatfish. So stupid. And so wrong

And naturally, crossposting like mad into non-relevant groups
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On Feb 19, 2:13 pm, noalternative
<noalternat...@REMOVETHESECAPSTOREPLYoperamail.com > wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:08:39 -0800, linux.curious wrote:
> > There are more than a few similarities between Linux and a typical
> > religious cult.
>
> > For example:
>
> > Both worship their leader.
> > Both have a distended, warped view of their subject matter.
> > Both are obsessed with something that most people know nothing about.
> > Both believe that they are right and everyone else is wrong.
> > Both insist on proselytizing or converting every single person into
> > the fold.
> > Both have a warped view of the economy. IOW give everything away for
> > free.
> > Both have socialistic tendencies.
> > Both seem to attract oddballs, social misfits and the mentally ill.
> > Both encourage obsessive behavior and total devotion to the cause.
> > Both disparage and try to discredit the mainstream or competition.
> > Both have a militaristic attitude of you are either with us 100
> > percent or against us.
>
> > ..and so it goes.
>
> > It sure seems like Linux is a cult.
>
> > P.S. Feel free to add to the list!!
>
> Seems like "linux.curious" is a strange name for someone who has such
> strong opinions.
>
> --
>
> Brian (not wanting to be a messiah): "You are all individuals..."
> Crowd (in unison): "We are all individuals..."
> Monty Python's "Life Of Brian"
>
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I am curious about Linux as it relates to cults.
Linux as a program sucks, everyone knows that.
What else can you say about an operating system/programs that are free
yet Microsoft Windows and Apple OSX despite being way overpriced, are
trouncing Linux in terms of desktop useage.

Linux, even after 12 years, still hovers around 0.25 percent (1/4
percent) of desktop useage.

On Feb 19, 12:08 pm, linux.curi...******.com wrote:
> There are more than a few similarities between Linux and a typical
> religious cult.
>
> For example:
>
> Both worship their leader.
> Both have a distended, warped view of their subject matter.
> Both are obsessed with something that most people know nothing about.
> Both believe that they are right and everyone else is wrong.
> Both insist on proselytizing or converting every single person into
> the fold.
> Both have a warped view of the economy. IOW give everything away for
> free.
> Both have socialistic tendencies.
> Both seem to attract oddballs, social misfits and the mentally ill.
> Both encourage obsessive behavior and total devotion to the cause.
> Both disparage and try to discredit the mainstream or competition.
> Both have a militaristic attitude of you are either with us 100
> percent or against us.
>
> ..and so it goes.
>
> It sure seems like Linux is a cult.
>
> P.S. Feel free to add to the list!!

I am not quite convinced that Linux users or the Linux movement itslef
qualifies as a cult per se' but the Linux community does seem to have
more than a handful of freaks.
Look at some of the strange ducks that make up the core group of Linux
advocates in comp.os.linux.advocacy.

Roy Schestowitz: An obsessed college student that posts thousands of
Linux propaganda to Usenet each month.

http://groups.google.com/groups/prof...rtGgkPow&hl=en

Roy is a very strange person with several psychological and social
disorders.
It appears that he has had himself castrated so that he could live as
a woman.

http://groups.google.com/group/comp....2ac3bf2?hl=en&
http://groups.google.com/group/24hou...ccedfb3?hl=en&
http://groups.google.com/group/24hou...e049fa2?hl=en&

He also tends to piss off and aggravate just about everyone he comes
in contact with including people on www.digg.com who say:

"Schestowitz is to Linux as Pat Robertson is to christanity.
He drives away more people than he converts."

http://tinyurl.com/ysrz8u
http://tinyurl.com/ysrz8u

There are others, like yttrx who is some kind of a he/she freak with a
pierced body and tattoos.

Rexford Ballard another crossdressing freak.

Roy Culley a sick old man with one eyeball.

Peter Kohlmann a technically inept zero who nymshifts all over the
place as Flatfish and others.

http://groups.google.com/group/comp....c20cfa7ca49dae

So in conclusion, I would say that while Linux may not be a cult, it
certainly is one hell of a freak show!

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< snip flatfish droppings >

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