Oh, and by the way, ideas never define a zealot. How a person discusses and promote their views is what defines a zealot. :)
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/zealot Ideas can define a radical of course, and I welcome radicals. It's how things get changed. You can be a radical without being a zealot, and you can be a zealot without being a radical. -- Dustin Puryear President and Sr. Consultant Puryear Information Technology, LLC 225-706-8414 x112 http://www.puryear-it.com Author, "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ willhill wrote: > I saw this article today: > > http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2008/08/novell_aint_the_bad_guy.html?CMP=OTC-6YE827253101&ATT=Novell+Aint+the+Bad+Guy > > and have to say that I don't like what Novel is doing. Software patents are > evil and Novel's endorsement of them is also evil. Any advantage Novel has > gained by through their deal is odious. GPL3 negates those advantages and it > will eventually take over all GPL'd work. > > IBM has not really endorsed the deal either. They have also partnered with > Red Hat and Cononical which have both loudly refused M$'s money and patent > trap. > > What's more important about IBM's announcement is willingness to push for a > free world and the good chance they will get there. Just a few years ago, > that kind of talk would get you branded a "radical" or "zealot" ... even in > places like a LUG. IBM is doing a lot of good things for software freedom. > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > -- > This message was scanned by ESVA and is believed to be clean. > Click here to report this message as spam. > http://esva.puryear-it.com/cgi-bin/learn-msg.cgi?id= > > _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
