Zealotism 101 - part 1

People always ask me, how I became the number one authority in the field of Zealotism. Well, it's too complicated and you are too dumb to get it anyway.

However, in order to turn a few armature trolls into almost-decent zealots, I decided to start a new series on how to became a moderately good zealot.

Rule 1

The first rule of Zealotism is to not agree with the 99% majority. In short Zealots don't go mainstream. For example:

Rocks	Sucks
Linux	Microsoft Windows

Is good, but not good enough to make you a respected zealot. An enough obscure choice would be better:

Rocks	Sucks
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Edition for 64-bit architectures	Microsoft Windows XP/Pro

Rule 2

The second rule is that your choice must be obscure enough that people either

• Don't agree with you
• Can't really tell what the hell you are talking about

For example:

Rocks	Sucks
DragonFly BSD 6.7-rc2 running on a TiVo	Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Edition for 64-bit architectures

Well, that was all for this time. Stay tuned for the next article in this series.