** Reply to message from Karel Kulhavy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Mon, 19
Mar 2007 15:04:46 +0100
>On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 12:06:31AM +0100, SW wrote:
>
>I have a feeling that the campaign means "We don't want vendors to require
>us to use a blob but we'll ocassionally use them when we have to other way",
>while Theo means "I don't want vendors to require us to use a blob and I refuse
>to use them even when no other way".
>
>And that the heated words stem from the subtle difference. Politics instead of
>developing. It's the vendors who decide about the blobs and they may or may not
>take your complaints into account. Your invested time may or may not return.
You've left out the extremely important fact that many vendors
interpret acceptance of blobs by any "free" OS as validating their
position of not releasing adequate documentation -- so accepting blobs
(even when "there's no other choice") actively harms the anti-blob
campaign.
Dave
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Dave Anderson
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