On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 9:24 PM, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 12:42 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Knowing a lot does not make you "brilliant".
>
> A'yup. Knowledge. Experience. Intelligence. Wisdom. All
> different things, and much more valuable together than individually.
>
> > Without RMS the GNU tools, the GPL, Linux, and probably
> > FOSS in general would never have come to exist.
>
> Several thousand BSD users would beg to differ.
>
> Software started out Free. The idea of locking it up came later.
>
> More specifically: Unix started out Free. Ken Thompson gave it away
> to anyone who asked. John Lions published the source in a book. BSD
> was based on it. Then AT&T tried to lock it all up. BSD fought back.
> It was a long, ugly fight, but ultimately, a Free BSD (no pun
> intended) prevailed.
>
> RMS has made major contributions. RMS took the assumption many were
> operating under and codified them into the GPL. He recognized the
> need for an organized campaign to protect software Freedom, and
> actually undertook that campaign. That's quite a lot. But let's not
> go too far. We all stand upon the shoulders of giants.
>
> -- Ben
A quick note on the subject of what Dr. Stallman has done for all of
us... Everyone generally thinks of the GPL, or the GCC or emacs. I
always think of the "ell-ess' command. If you read the man / info
page, you'll see
AUTHOR
Written by Richard Stallman and David MacKenzie.
Where would we be without an ls command?
--
Greg
A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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