-----Original Message----- From: Mike Kershaw <[email protected]> Reply-to: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [mhvlug] FOSS project Diaspora needs to be stopped! Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 11:53:14 -0400
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 11:47:06AM -0400, Joseph Apuzzo wrote: > So besides the fact that the project will ultimately FAIL since for it to > succeed they must get 250 Million people to use it or more in less then 30 > days. > Do you think these guys should waist $100K in funds? Should FOSS projects be > allowed to have such unachievable goals? > I mean it's like if some Finnish student was going to take on the worlds > largest company and actually make a difference.... right? > Impossible, utterly impossible! > > It really pisses me off when people wast my time like this! We need to stop > time wasters now! Free will sure is a bitch, isn't it Joe. Do you even listen to yourself? Their money. They can do whatever the hell they feel like with it. Besides, this linux this is a fad, that college kid is totally going to fail writing his own kernel, he should stick to BSD. -m _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Jun 2 - Android Jul 7 - Patent Absurdity - The Movie Aug 4 - Samba Besides, Linux's problem is not longer simplicity of use. It doesn't need to be engineered. It's problem is that because everything is free, there is no profit in anyone to market it. _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Jun 2 - Android Jul 7 - Patent Absurdity - The Movie Aug 4 - Samba
