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-A very public and off-topic conversation, often between only 2 people,
in a public forum such as a news group or email list.
+An outspoken dispute
in a public forum such as a news group or email list, with usually about half a dozen fierce combatants
.
+
Reason and logic seem to go out the door, and "ad hominem" attacks are plentiful. GodwinsLaw is sometimes (unwittingly) breached.
-One famous flame war was (primarily) between LinusTorvalds and AndrewTanenbaum (
a well known cs professor who's written many books about os design
, among other topics
, as well as writing much of [Minix]).
-The first posting is from Tanenbaum
, and has the subject "LINUX
is obsolete".
-
-It can be found in places on
the web - one such place is http://www
.oreilly.com/catalog/opensources/book/appa.html
-
-Here is a brief quote from Linus in his first reply
. See if you can spot any hostile language:
+Note that
a FlameWar
, which is defined by the manner of discussion
, is not the same
as a ReligiousWar
, which
is defined by
the topic of conversation
. Naturally, though, they frequently overlap
.
-;
:''Re 2: your job is being
a professor and researcher: That's one hell
of a good excuse for some of
the brain-damages of minix
. I
can only hope (and assume) that Amoeba doesn't suck like minix does.'
'
+One [famous flame war | http
://www.oreilly.com/catalog/opensources/book/appa.html] was opened by AndrewTanenbaum (
a well-known ComputerScience
professor who wrote many books about, among other topics, OperatingSystem design, as well as writing much
of [Minix]) by
a posting with
the subject "''LINUX is obsolete''"
. See if you
can spot any hostile language in this brief quote from [Linus | LinusTorvalds]
' first reply:
-A FlameWar
is defined by the manner
of discussion, unlike
a ReligiousWar, which is defined by
the topic
of conversation,
and these often overlap
.
+ Re 2: your job
is being a professor and researcher: That's one hell
of a
+ good excuse for some of
the brain-damages
of minix. I can only hope (
and
+ assume) that Amoeba doesn't suck like minix does
.
-See also ReligiousWar,
GodwinsLaw
+See also:
+*
ReligiousWar
+*
GodwinsLaw
+* [http://www.flamewarforum.com], a site decicated to [FlameWar]s, where flaming is encouraged in the interest of passionate and entertaining debate.
