On Fri, 2003-01-17 at 06:31, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Fri, 2003-01-17 at 05:16, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > > On Thu, 2003-01-16 at 07:03, Adam Williamson wrote: > > > > > > > and Red Hat both make the same decision and don't appear to be filing > > > > > for bankruptcy protection... > > > > > > > > Redhat have millions left over from a sucessful IPO, and SuSE have recently > > > > recived a shitload of cash from IBM (to stop them from going under), so the > > > > comparison is hardly fair. > > > > > > Fair? What does fair have to do with anything? Red Hat were able to make > > > a successful IPO, MandrakeSoft wanted to and didn't. That is, Red Hat > > > made a successful financial move, MandrakeSoft didn't. IBM give money to > > > SuSE in the belief that it'll ultimately benefit IBM. Apparently, no > > > large companies believe that the survival of MandrakeSoft is in their > > > long-term interest. > > > -- > > > adamw > > > > He was talking about your comparison of the situations not being fair, > > not about fairness in the business world with regard to Mandrake's IBM,s > > and Red Hat's financial decisions. You know that and so does everybody > > else. John was correct. > > That may have been what he was talking about, but my point is that > that's completely irrelevant.
One point I'd like to make is that you use the word irrevelant quite excessively, mostly when you don't want to mentally encompass the other person's point of view; the other person is always irrevelant, yet your pov is not. In this case, once again, you blatantly obfuscate the idea that John was putting across, which is that this is an apples to oranges comparison; thus useless for sane debate in the arena in which you began discussion. You comparison is perhaps useful in a one minded mentally rabid debate, which seems to be where it's at right now. >>>>snip rest of blah<<<<<< --LX -- 같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같� Kernel 2.4.18-6mdk Mandrake Linux 8.2 Enlightenment 0.16.5-11mdk Evolution 1.0.2-5mdk Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ 같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같�
