On Sun, 04 Feb 2007 01:20:29 +0530, Sudhir Gandotra said: > On Sat, 2007-02-03 at 17:24 +0530, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: >> On 03-Feb-07, at 4:32 PM, Honey wrote: >> >> >> it is not sponsorship - if you look at the website, microsoft is >> >> not a mere sponsor - it is a partner, which is much more than a >> >> sponsor >> > >> > >> > So the situation is verse than what i'm thinking of. Doesn't >> > this indicate that ms realise the power of OSS & now trying to >> > save its future by breaking into our main weakness (that is >> > money). >> >> i dont think our main weakness is money. Our main weakness is that >> we dont like to make waves, we want to be popular and friendly with >> everyone, so we dont protest - we compromise and get trampled over. >> The only way to face a bully is to stand up to him.
> And to support those who stand up to the bully, without bringing any > ego in between. Unfortunately, many people pull down those who > stand up to the bully. Which particular bully are you speaking about? And which person who stood up to a bully was pulled down by other people? I thought lawgon was speaking about a generic belief that people versed in code tend to be shy and introverted, and shy away from confrontations (BTW, I don't buy that thesis either, given the flame wars I have witnessed). But you seem to have some specific instances in mind. manoj -- The pen is mightier than the sword; and easier to write with. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/