On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 08:33:21PM +0900, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: > Apt description. So Mr. S showed you the respect due to a potential > competitor who could be a big advantage if converted to an ally. I > really think it's unbecoming of you to deny that (implicitly). It > *is* respect for your expertise. > > He did not show you the personal respect of finding out "who Tom Lord > is" and what you stand for. Or maybe he did know, and was just > grandstanding; we'll never know, I suppose.
I met him briefly last year; my impression was that he simply *ignores* anything that doesn't support the way he wants things to be. That probably makes some kind of sense from a business standpoint. So my bet would be that he did know who Tom Lord is, but was ignoring it. > Thomas> At the time I interviewed with them, I came away with the > Thomas> strong impression that the Canonical goal would be to > Thomas> optimize arch for centralizing development within a single > Thomas> organization -- the very antithesis of what Arch is about. > Thomas> Subsequent development at Canonical has only strengthened > Thomas> my belief in that opinion. > > Sounds like a plan to me. One I would not want to participate in, one > that I would warn people I hack with against, but not one that I could > tell someone thinking to buy stock "that will never fly." It might. Ack on all points. I would also add: There is nothing unethical about being a competitor to you. But competitors are not your friends. The only really bad thing about Canonical is that their PR makes out that they *are* your friends, and a lot of people are buying it. But then, I've never found a PR droid who didn't offend my sense of ethics. So Canonical aren't much different from everybody else. > Thomas> The exploitation can be observed in the relative benefits > Thomas> received in the complex interactions that took place, > Thomas> compared to the many alternatives that were available and > Thomas> in light of intentions and actions. > > Boiled down to the essentials, "he's rich, I want some of that." My personal belief is that freedom and money are antithetical to each other, but I can't justify that with anything more than the observation that they always seem to be on opposite sides. _______________________________________________ Gnu-arch-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-arch-users GNU arch home page: http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnu-arch/
