On Wed, 28 May 2008 21:49:35 +0530 "Linux Lingam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > apart from PJ and arun, no response yet from the community on this. > wow! so much for endlessly and passionately debating value-systems > around foss all these years in our mailing lists and ilug-meets and > events.
No offence, but I am always puzzled by the above kind of weak-minded arguments, which I typically see from various corporate shills who seek to exploit FOSS for their own nefarious ends. Which is why I am surprised to see you taking up this position of late. Who is the quote community unquote above? To my mind the community is *you*. So, if there is a subject that you are passionately interested about, please, do feel free to take up the cause. For example, Venky, Nagarjuna, Prabir, and other folk did this wonderfully with the whole OOXML business; taking up and fighting what must have, at times, seemed like a lonely battle. All the while taking care to keep the FOSS community informed, and constantly trying to engage them. If you care so much about this issue, please try to put together the resources to fork the Linux kernel. Doing a smidgen of constructive work counts for much more in my book than endless hand-wringing on mailing lists. > unless, are we supposed to merely agree with all-things linus, the > pied-piper on the gates of dawn? I don't know how starkly I can say this, but I will try: Linus doesn't owe anyone shit, and neither does the quote community unquote. Please try to forgive us if we do not all drop everything else, and take up the cause du jour. Regards, Gora _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
