On Sat, 30 Sep 2000, Jordi Mallach wrote: > > Ah yes, the public disagrees with me, so it must be the > > uninformed, unwashed masses who don't know what's good for them. Can > > you feel the cedibility dropping? > > No. There's nothing wrong if someone feels dissapointed if "no" wins by 80%. > It would mean that a brutal majority of the Debian developers care little > about the politics of the Project. I would not find that result very > amusing, that's for sure. >
Hi. I'm not a Debian developer (yet :), but I've got to say that that is a very illogical claim. It is entirely consistent to believe very strongly in the creation of a completely free operating system, but at the same time to believe that *pragmatically*, the best way to achieve widespread use of this OS is by keeping around a few packages of non-free software, until the free alternatives are clearly *better*. |> |= -+- |= |> | |- | |- |\ Peter Eckersley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/~pde for techno-leftie inspiration, take a look at http://www.computerbank.org.au/
