On Sun, 04 Feb 2007 01:20:29 +0530, Sudhir Gandotra said:
> On Sat, 2007-02-03 at 17:24 +0530, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
>> On 03-Feb-07, at 4:32 PM, Honey wrote:
>>
>> >> it is not sponsorship - if you look at the website, microsoft is
>> >> not a mere sponsor - it is a partner, which is much more than a
>> >> sponsor
>> >
>> >
>> > So the situation is verse than what i'm thinking of. Doesn't
>> > this indicate that ms realise the power of OSS & now trying to
>> > save its future by breaking into our main weakness (that is
>> > money).
>>
>> i dont think our main weakness is money. Our main weakness is that
>> we dont like to make waves, we want to be popular and friendly with
>> everyone, so we dont protest - we compromise and get trampled over.
>> The only way to face a bully is to stand up to him.
> And to support those who stand up to the bully, without bringing any
> ego in between. Unfortunately, many people pull down those who
> stand up to the bully.
Which particular bully are you speaking about? And which
person who stood up to a bully was pulled down by other people? I
thought lawgon was speaking about a generic belief that people versed
in code tend to be shy and introverted, and shy away from
confrontations (BTW, I don't buy that thesis either, given the flame
wars I have witnessed). But you seem to have some specific instances
in mind.
manoj
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