On Wed, 2002-05-22 at 18:44, Robin wrote:
> I'd say it was half turn-on and half turn-off. The man's enthusiasm and
> idealism are infectious (I saw him here in Turkey and was impressed) but
> his dogmatism and bile are off-putting. Stallman is the Bakunin of
> software. the Same goes for Eric
On Wed, 2002-05-22 at 16:25, Tom Brinkman wrote:
> OTOH you're wrong (ie, 'more important things to do') I'd offer
> OpenOffice as opposed to StarOffice, 'nv' vs. 'nvidia' drivers as
> examples.
OpenOffice only came into existence because Sun were enlightened enough
to release the code
On Thu, 23 May 2002 02:09, darklord wrote:
> On Wednesday 22 May 2002 12:18 am, you wrote:
> > Now in this article he's warning us about non-free software in other
> > areas. My personal opinion is that although he seems rather extreme at
> > times, it's merely because he's ahead of his time. Th
On Tue, 2002-05-21 at 15:04, daRcmaTTeR wrote:
>
> LX,
>
> I'm sorry, but I'm coming into the thread a little late. Whats this about
> freedom and BB conections?
>
The other messages that have hit the list may not have made it to your
ISP yet; as of this message Tom Brinkman and I both have
On Wednesday 22 May 2002 12:18 am, you wrote:
> Now in this article he's warning us about non-free software in other
> areas. My personal opinion is that although he seems rather extreme at
> times, it's merely because he's ahead of his time. These are problems
> that will come to pass either s
On Tuesday 21 May 2002 02:39 pm, Alastair Scott wrote:
> Mind you, the Stallman piece is interesting; his line is that, as
> Linux contains rather a lot of GNU material, it should be called
> GNU/Linux and not enough credit is given for the involvement.
It is called GNU/Linux. Only the kerne
On Tue, 2002-05-21 at 15:39, Alastair Scott wrote:
> Mind you, the Stallman piece is interesting; his line is that, as Linux
> contains rather a lot of GNU material, it should be called GNU/Linux
> and not enough credit is given for the involvement.
>
> He also has a characteristic argument th
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On Tuesday 21 May 2002 6:09 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:
> Sorry, Ladies and Gentlemen, but I have the authors mixed up; it's
> not Eric Raymond (who was on my mind with krazy glue for some reason)
> but rather the Father of free software, Richard Stallma
On 21 May 2002, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-05-21 at 12:49, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:
> > Eric Raymond has a take on the Consumer Broadband and Digital Television
> > "Promotion" Act, and some other valuable points of view regarding the
> > activism and involvement of anyone that values their fr
On Tue, 2002-05-21 at 12:49, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:
> Eric Raymond has a take on the Consumer Broadband and Digital Television
> "Promotion" Act, and some other valuable points of view regarding the
> activism and involvement of anyone that values their freedom.
>
> http://www.linuxworld.com/site-st
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