On 10/25/06, jtd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Wednesday 25 October 2006 17:30, Dinesh Shah wrote:
> Hi Falks,
>
> On 10/25/06, jtd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Very true. Unfortunately i do check periodically articles written
> > by AHs and repos of shit. And since Dinesh Shah posted a link i
> > thaought i might as well check.
>
> The idea behind the posting the link is to make aware how the
> "popular" press/media perceives Free Software.
> Any amount of name calling or rhetoric is not going to help Free
> Software.
If i would actually condescend to talk to such AHs (note i maintain my
stance and have justified it too) my take would have been different.
Since i am preaching to the choir i said what actually needs to be
said.
> Whether we like them or not these popular media shapes
> the opinion of the people, more important of them is decision
> makers.
Notice how a whole lot of wall street and hollywood types use
gnu/linux not out of any love of freedom but merely due to
convienence and costs. Is something wrong with that? YES. It is these
same types who want drm. As long as they can shoot u but u cant it's
fine. In the past it was called Overlordship. Which is why RMS is so
important. Using GNU/linux merely for it's tech superiority would be
acceptable. But using it with drm to subvert other's freedom is
definetly reprehensible. The logic touted by the media companies is
full of holes and stems from the fact that they have been fleecing
artists and are sticking to old business methods, whereas some who
had nothing to do with the media have minted billions leveraging new
tech - Apple and a japanese company whose name i forget.
> What credible answers we can provide?
To personal insults? i am afraid none - well maybe a kick in the
groin.
> Instead of RMS refusing to
> talk to this fellow just because he calls GNU/Linux as Linux, is
> just a lost opportunity to make your *point*.
I am sure there are better media persons out there to talk to.
> We, as community, have to seriously learn to *manage* the media.
Aha. How about some unmanaged truth. All the crap u watch on tv, read
in the print and hear on the radio is managed. And it got to this
state by managing. But i am getting seriously ot and political.
The bottom line is that V3 is very clear about it's goal of preventing
misuse of FOSS in restricting freedoms and the media managers dont
like it one bit. And should artists catch on to the basic tenets and
principles of FOSS, media companies will be museum pieces. Never mind
the crap about starving artists and copyrighted works and all the
other crap dished out in the media.
list admin requesting you to force end of this pointless thread.
everyone knows RMS is not evil . he has an opinion that not everyone
subscribes to . no one in the list is endorsing the article. there is
no disagreement that floss is for good. then why a 14mail long thread
already.
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