On Tuesday 25 April 2006 02:52 pm, Devdas Bhagat wrote: > ----- Forwarded message from Russ Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- > > From: Russ Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Hi. I'm Russell Nelson, a founding member of the OSI board of > > directors. I travel to Mumbai from time to time, and I would be > > extremely pleased to address you directly on this matter. > > Please tell me when is the next Linux-centric conference in > > Mumbai, and I'll try to wrangle my way there as a speaker.
Mr. Nelson what is so complicated about this that you require a whole conference to talk to. Do u think that this list might shred your arguments? or that u wont get the publicity brownie points. Having read your blog I find it disgusting and appaling that one of the founders of the OSI should be talking of trading his freedom and presuming that others do too. One does not trade freedom when one works for someone else. One trades skills in exchange for something of value. The skill may be labour or ability (to sing, dance or even fight). And this trade of skills does not (or should not) prevent the seller from using his skills elsewhere or in any other constructive way. If it does, the buyer is guilty of perperating slavery. The perperator is the buyer and the seller a victim of a con job, assisted by governments and laws. And one needs to fight against this exploitation. The examples in your blog are disgusting and one is not "poetical and allegorical and ambiguous and not at all clear" when discussing freedom or the lack thereof. One states facts and provides logical arguments. Not "winky-wink" lets talk about trading performance for freedom. They are not the same and can never be. -- Rgds JTD -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
