On Thu, 28 Mar 2002 23:10:39 -0800 James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote and hopefully I read right:
> On Wed, 27 Mar 2002 13:14:36 -0900 > civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote and hopefully I read right: > > > David Rankin wrote: > > > > >You know, > > > > > > I can sympathize. Not because the change is necessarily a bad > thing, but > > >more because of what the change represents. To me the shift > signifies the > > >beginning of the end of a wonderful era of camaraderie when the > linux > > >community worked together as one to develop the best product we > could. The > > >shift represents the realization that capitolism has enetered the > linux > > >frontier and the logical forgeone conclusion and fate of the era > of > > >camaraderie is the same as the fate of the American Buffalo. > Capitolism is a > > >great thing, but don't kid yourself it does have its downside. > > > > > > As far a the little operating system that could: > > > > > > Odyssey 7.2 > > > > > > [david@Nemesis david]$ uptime > > > 12:46pm up 275 days, 22:26, 1 user, load average: 0.00, > 0.00, 0.00 > > > > > Ummm, was that ever more than a myth? Look at the sniping posts > here > > and the marketing employed by some linux firms and the gathering > of > > people who say, "The best of this distro should be moved to > xxxyyyzz > > distro where my favorite tool wronk-gronk is available," or atr > the > > folks who see a problem reported on the newbie list who say > > > > "Works on Boozer linux" > > > > when in fact it might work for the poster but I have probably seen > > > reports from Boozer users who say it doesn't work for them. (USB > is a > > good example). > > > > Or look at the posts here and on MandrakeForum which come out > right > > around release time to poison the release like > > > > Is this LSB compatible, yet? > > (when in fact no distro can really claim to be because the > official test > > software for compatibility isn't even official yet--still beta-- > and the > > sniping of our "incompatibility" is in the "gray areas" of the > > Filesystem Hierarchical Standard where no clear direction is given > and > > the interpretation of the other distros is probably as equally > valid as > > ours and all different) > > > > or > > > > Is the situation with left-handed gronklies being mistreated by > bash fixed? > > (when in fact it was never broken) > > > > Camaraderie? > > > > Try to post something favoring GNOME or favoring KDE on > Mandrakeforum > > and watch the list moderators go into a frenzy to keep the forum > civil, > > usually by having to delete posts. We don't do that unless things > get > > way too personal. > > > > Well, we're not here to fight FUD with FUD, which is why I > carefully did > > not name distros. But I would say Microsoft has taught us all > too well > > how to market our product at others expense rather than on its own > merits. > > > > As for the free linux--it is still out there and can likely never > be > > killed. It is an alternative to the other OS only for very > skilled > > people, though. The purpose of most distros are to allow the > folks with > > less skill than that a chance at freedom, certainly not to make > the > > principals wealthy. Mandrake has been fortunate to have some oof > the > > best engineers in the world, folks who make me look on in awe, > folks who > > could be making triple what they are almost anywhere else. > > > > But they came to Mandrake to work on free software. > > > > Civileme > > Again you hit the mark with your comments. It has been said (I > believe Carl Sagan but I'm not sure.) That more discoveries have > been hearalded in with the phrase "Thanks odd" than "Eurika". As > long as you hear someone saying "when I do x, y happens" Free (as in > un-encumbered) software will exist. ooops meant That's odd not Thanks odd..... (alergies can't see the screen.) > > > James > > ----- I am a consumer not a thief and I resent your calling me that. > ----- > > > > > > > > > >
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