Mr. Sokolov, My heroes do not kill their wives. The comparison between communism and FOSS is a wildly inaccurate one mainly due to the fact that FOSS is a choice. Your comments regarding the grand purpose of the KGB leads me to believe that your post is in jest and that you are encouraging the highest level of sarcasm. If, for some reason, you truly believe these ideas and recommend such courses of action then I am left with no other choice but to conjecture that you are certifiable.
math... On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 11:40 AM, Michael Sokolov <[email protected]> wrote: > Ann <[email protected]> wrote: > >> FBI or KGB ?? > > Hey, please don't bad-mouth the good old KGB! KGB was a noble organisation > that sought to uphold the old heathen values, also known as the Nine > Noble Virtues of Asatru. Of particular relevance to the cause of free/ > open source software, open source hardware, free technical information > etc (trying to bring this back on-topic), KGB's mission was (or at least > should have been if I had been in charge of it) to infiltrate the > offices of evil information-hoarding technology companies in the West, > seize their "intellectual property" and free it to the world via > ftp.gov.su. > > In today's world filled with chip-making companies which refuse to > release specs for their hardware and source code for their drivers and > firmware, KGB is sorely missed. It would do the FOSS community a lot of > good if an organisation like KGB still existed and was led by someone > like me. Just imagine how much rejoycing there would be in the Linux > community if a joint force of Russian, Chinese, North Korean and Iranian > troops were to land on California coast, invade/occupy the Newport Beach > and Irvine area, storm the Broadcom building with elite special forces, > seize all of their hardware specs and source code at gunpoint, and > publish them on their respective national FTP sites? Now why can't they > just grow some balls and do it... Weaklings, a shame to the legacy of > old mighty Soviet Union. > > Oh, and for what matter, why are you, the Linux users and fans of the > world, not storming the prison where our hero and file system developer > Hans Reiser is being held? Let's do some math... How many guards does > that prison have? How many Linux users are there worldwide? Why are > you not defending your freedom, your operating system and its heroes > with mighty force and weapons like our heathen ancestors have defended > their freedom and their way of life in the year 999? > > -- > Eng.-Col. Michael Sokolov > USSR Air Force > > To the fields of the fallen > Where the legends lie! > Should you suddenly join in their numbers, > Say the last goodbye. > From the fields of the fallen > Where the lucky leave, > And bring with them the word of the victory > That they did achieve! > > - from Tyr's most recent album The Lay of Thrym > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > -- "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." -Roger Penrose _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list [email protected] http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
