Hi, >On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 7:53 PM, Selvakumar Rajeswaran <[email protected] > wrote:
> > > I wish the FOSS extremists (if there are any) in ilugc to learn & cultivate > such viewpoints. > > Linus didn't say FOSS extremists, he said free software extremists! I took the below from http://mono-nono.com/2009/07/24/on-linus-and-free-software/ [..] "* I do agree that “Microsoft Hatred” is a disease – *In the over-dramatized sense that it weakens what it touches. However, I probably have a different idea of what hatred is than some others. I don’t hate Microsoft, for example. And I welcome *“open* development” – *so long as everyone is playing by the same rules.* So I don’t really see much to disagree with in the first part. If Microsoft wants to play by the rules, then welcome to the game. " "* There are ‘extremists’ in the free software world,-* I *respectfully*disagree, because I think it has an implication that the entire Free Software movement is an extremist movement all about exclusion and hatred. I know that’s not *exactly *what he said, but I guarantee you that is what a lot of the “pragmatic” Open Source people with run with. Some of them are starting already." [..] -- A computer is like air conditioning: it becomes useless when you open windows. <-Fighting 4 Freedom-> _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
