On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 1:59 PM, narendra sisodiya < [email protected]> wrote:
> Person who put tarch-light at starting point and visioned the things is > more important the followers and implementors. For the very same reason, > person who make a open standard specification is more important then open > source coder. For the very same reason, CEO who vision a technology is more > important then his employee. We put huge credit to Gandhi for Freedom Fight > but it doesn't exclude contribution to other. > Finally, we have Linus's Kernel with such a wide spread, just because > of GPL license. RMS was the one who wrote it and put some rule which define > software freedom. He RMS was not there, then there was no license. without > Public license, Linux will be another Window. > IMO, the light/vision/implementations are more important than the person from whose mind these things originate. Its understandable if these visionaries fight/argue over bragging rights. But for proxies to indulge in this is confounding! Lets just raise a toast to the chef/chefs and enjoy the pudding :-) Also, IMO, there is no truth in arguments that claim that if person X did not invent implement Y then the course of histroy would've changed. It is the collective thought of the times that propel certain ideas to the forefront. That people are associated with them is just a matter of detail. Thats why we see many instances of simultaneous discoveries in many fields. If Newton did not invent Calculus (if at all he did) Leibnitz was ready with it. The only part history played here was to give Newton all the credit discounting all the prior art of the Leibnitz, the orientals, hindus and the arabs. And if Einstein did not give us the theory of relativity, Lorentz would've done it. To us, it does not matter. Its calculus and relativity that are more important. regds, mano _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
