We conquer the WORLD !!
Elvin
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On Mon, 7 Jun 1999, Hin Chin Qui wrote:
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> >Sheesh.. are we gonna evolve to some socialogy group ?
> >I just wanna share linux..
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> And I just wanna get the job done. 'Nuff talk. Let's discuss the next move.
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> CQ
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> >Elvin
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> >On Mon, 7 Jun 1999, Ng Kai Hoe Raymond wrote:
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> >> It seems that many people here, despite
> >> being involved in the Linux world and seen
> >> how Linux became successful, want to adopt
> >> a sociological system which only works for
> >> agricultural/industrial type of society
> >> and does _not_ work in a social order where
> >> all social demarcations are in the process
> >> of being broken up with the advent of the
> >> Internet.
> >>
> >> You look at all the Linux communities worldwide,
> >> and you will see that there are no formally
> >> appointed leaders. Before I even suggested the
> >> site, I quoted the Darwinist propaganda, "life
> >> will find a way". It seems that I have
> >> overestimated this group's knowledge on Darwinism,
> >> evolution and natural selection. What I have been
> >> saying is what Rhandeev has just told you in very
> >> simple and direct terms, a leader will _evolve_ out
> >> eventually, in several areas. It is best that for
> >> a social order that Linux seems to be moving towards,
> >> we better let a leader evolve by itself, and at best,
> >> naturally and non officially.
> >>
> >> _TRUST_ us, we have seen hacker communities fell to
> >> internal political strife. Once you form a leader formally,
> >> I assure you for sure that the portal will collapse
> >> immediately. Linux itself is one good example of a
> >> successful "leaderless" developmental project, if some
> >> of your religious devotion to Linux is so strong, why don't
> >> you follow the model that makes Linux so successful and
> >> apply it to the Portal?
> >>
> >> ps : and to Chin Qui, yes, I am reading Wealth of
> >> Nations now, and I must say that you are missing the
> >> point completely. Adam Smith might not be completely
> >> correct in today's context, but his ideas on division
> >> of labour as the modus operandi of synergistic
> >> economy still hold, and contradict Rhandeev's puny little
> >> taunt for me to "refine my own metals".
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> >> And even if Wealth of Nations no longer makes any sense
> >> now, it still serves as a piece of literature which marks
> >> an important point in our history of social evolution and
> >> academic thought.
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> >> -------------------------------------------------------------
> >> Ng Kai Hoe Raymond Pager : 92279944 ICQ UIN : 4878260
> >> Editor, Singapore Linux Portal, http://linux.com.sg
> >> Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> PGP Public Key : http://members.tripod.com/~ngkaihoe/ngkaihoe.txt
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> >> 'The pursuit of truth, when it is whole hearted, must ignore moral
> >> considerations; one cannot know in advance that the truth will turn out
> to
> >> be what is thought edifying in a given society.'
> >> - Bertrand Russell, "A History of Western Philosophy"
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