On 08-Feb-07, at 5:41 PM, Anupam Jain wrote: >> philosophy and does nothing but talk and guys like linus and guido et >> al are mere code monkeys without a world view. This is not true. > > It may be a very popular misconception, but it is not one *I* harbour.
then why are you spreading it? > > And I think FOSS is all about the community. And the community > welcomes participation. you still havent understood - FOSS is about sharing - not community. And it welcomes participation in sharing not participation per se > I somehow feel something's amiss when we start > banning people and organisations from any of Linux/FOSS events, > because their contributions to the community are debatable. contributions of microsoft to the community are not debatable. They are nil. But their contributions against the community are legion -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ _______________________________________________ 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/
