This time Vincent Danen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> becomes daring and writes:
> On Tuesday, November 12, 2002, at 12:04 AM, Vox wrote: > >>>> DJB writes good code. It is the arrogance I have trouble with. >>> >>> Do you use openssh? Theo and co. write good code too... Theo's a >>> little on the arrogant side as well. >> >> A little? :) Tho one thing I thank Theo about...he puts out Free >> Software. > > Hmmm... well, yes. Neurotic did come to mind, but I'm trying to be > nice. =) Actually, I really appreciate all that Theo has done, > despite his idiosyncracies(sp?). I have the highest of admirations for Theo as a coder, even if I can't stand the personality he carries, at least on most of his email (never had the opportunity to meet him in person). >> One of these days I'll have to install djbdns (breaking the license, >> of course...I hate his "installation conventions" rules) and see how >> it goes. > > Sure... you can do anything you want with it once you've downloaded > the source. He's not going to dictate how you use it on your own > machine. It's just how to pass it on to others if in a pre-compiled > format. I respect that... makes his job (or the community's job) of > support so much easier. Well, yes, that's true :) Tho I proly won't live it down with the other geeks here at the LUG if they notice I have that thing installed...bunch of FSF manics make RMS look conservative :) > No... I suspect you would have laid in bed all night just itching over > it if you hadn't written something... =) I actually got out of bed to answer it after I had decided not to <chuckle> :) Vox -- Think of the Linux community as a niche economy isolated by its beliefs. Kind of like the Amish, except that our religion requires us to use _higher_ technology than everyone else. -- Donald B. Marti Jr.
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