Just saw this on kernelnotes link and thought that it applies to some of
the conversations that have been floating around here. Last paragraph is
right on!
With love and appreciation for all of you
Tom
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 15:00:00 -0600
From: "John J. Adelsberger III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: a sense of perspective
Recently, the old 'moral crusade vs pragmatism' argument has started in
LWN's letters to the editor section. Already, both sides are making
false statements and committing the fallacy of repetition(if I say it
enough times, it will be true!) For all of the readers' sake, myself
included, how about getting some perspective, people!
For the pragmatists: as long as you are free to do what you think is
best, what practical gain do you derive from endless flamewars? And
for
the moralists: remember that freedom does mean the freedom to disagree,
and that that freedom is only truly important on the matters that mean
the most to us.
Constant bickering does not magically cause the creation or improvement
of code, nor does it promote the adoption of that code. In fact, the
only results are wasted time and upset participants.
--
John J. Adelsberger III
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