‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Saturday, February 1, 2020 10:27 AM, Zenaan Harkness <z...@freedbms.net> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 06:44:27PM -0300, Punk-Stasi 2.0 wrote: > > > On Fri, 31 Jan 2020 13:24:02 +0000 > > "other.arkitech" other.arkit...@protonmail.com wrote: > > > > > Software updates are pulled like your OS pulls updates from repositories. > > > You can find a number of devices at your home fitting this model: Router, > > > TV, Windows. > > > > people tolerate that 'model' because they are idiots. Especially idiots who > > buy a retard-TV and run windows. But the 'model' is also pushed on them, so > > they are not completely to blame. Conclusion : the two reasons the 'model' > > is used are stupidity and criminal intent. > > Ok. > > > Also, notice how piece of shit 'developers' can't write decent code so they > > keep updating their garbage to fix the endless stream of bugs they create. > > Useless assholes. And in the process, they end up having complete control > > over, and owning hardware that other idiots, known as 'users', paid for. > > Developing bug free software, is not so easy (and this is of course > no reason to push proprietary software or advocate for broken update > models). > > Analogy: > > Privacy is a sort of solved problem - PGP, TLS, SSL, NACL/ crypto > box. > > Anonymity of any sort on the other hand, is so far from solved it's > not funny, and the current $$$ regime is demanding greater and > greater submission to giving up of private data makes the target > look "sustainable manned base on Mars" levels of difficult. > > This reminds me of some years back, a vehement "defender of > developers" who literarily bashed "those useless furkin USERS!" to an > extreme - until someone gently asked which $EDITOR he used, and did > he not consider himself a -user- of that editor? > > So, bug free software? > > Have at it bro! And you will be showered with accolades in the order > of "shirt, if DJB ain't some kind o' genius, we'll just forgive his > social acerbic-ness and let him code and create in his ivory tower!" > > Of course, when looked at objectively, most of us are indeed idiots. > > Except of course "I, In My Extremely High Opinion". > > If you ain't got bug free software to push, > your "developers are useless bug creating arseholes" cry won't > land all too well with many folks. > > > > I do share the code with devs for specific patches under NDA. > > > > NDA? LMAO! Frankly, at this point I should tell you to get lost. > > The proprietary software horse has left the barn - and that's a good > thing - the consequence being that any thoughtful software developer > will not put his energy into proprietary - aka "someone else's" - > enterprise/ software/ company. > > FLOSS works for "lowly developers" because it is a fundamentally > fairer model than proprietary software. "If I spend years of my life > learning to code improvements/modules to particular software > platform, it might as bloody well be something I can continue to do > if I leave my present corporation" etc. I am between two lands. On one side I joined the Free Software movement mid90's, since then, all I have done require using/producing GPL software. I Fought Micro$oft evil empire of proprietary software and all I want is this model to die. On the other side, this particular project is a seed for something bigger that requires funding. While looking my way through investors I must not disclose the sources because having a 'secret' in my pocket sort of helps in accessing funds. Only when I am at good financial position that allows me continue with the project I'll make 1.- User base; 2.- dev community on GPL/AGPL os any other FOSS. You see. It is not about a war between proprietary/free sw. It is how to getting mainstream. My strategy is: 1st stage: privative - seed the project 2nd stage: Free - grow the fish I apologize to me and to you free software advocates all of us for using a privative model as a continuity solution for the project. I understand your complaints. Cheers OA
