2006/10/29, Dinesh Joshi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
You know, there are things which are practical and which are
theoretical.
You mean to say gcc is theoretical, glibs, emacs, gnome ... are theoretical?
Not that its
unachievable but sometimes its more important to get your product out
the door than make it a idol of perfection! :P
Our priority was users' freedom and we are PRACTICAL, that is why we
chose Linux for a kernel rather than waiting for Hurd to finish
(perfection, may be not?). We did release the product in time and it
is selling hot, though they have forgotten about our contribution
don't want to talk about us when they have everything got working. If
Linux was not there we would have gone ahead and finished Hurd or may
be chosen BSD or something else? Do you think Linux would be what it
is today without GNU projects contribution and pioneering efforts?
There weren't many "Open Source" or "Scratch my itch" people before
GNU/Linux got popular. GNU project was started in 1984 and Linux was
released in 1992 and Open Source movement was started in 1998. The
idealism got us what we have today.
"Value your freedom, or you will lose it, teaches history.
`Don't bother us with politics', respond those who don't want to learn."
-- Richard Stallman
Regards
Praveen
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