@Praveen : One and the same person, lol. 1. Great to hear about the progress made by HURD. I thought it had really slowed down over last 5 or so years, seems otherwise. Happy to hear that. 2. Openmoko: Yeah same here. Had got freerunner (inspired by Harald Welte @ foss.in) and but as you said, it had lots of problems to be used as real phone. The battery problem was a big bummer, I had to hack around with my sim to get it to work. Also later on played with kernel a bit and tried out some hardware fixes with the JTAG interface. I do have to consider the fact also that my "software freedom" might have come from lack of human rights of some workers or in a supporting a company who does not, and at times the chain of causality is unknown to me : Meaning I can not know what all crimes I am supporting indirectly. Had fun with it, but I am not still sure if I contributed enough to justify by act of buying it. Now not that, I buy a laptop that is "crime-free", but it is to some extend a balancing act. In some funny way of nature, it is not between black and white we choose between, it is in the shades of gray. 3. "people who code to talk more and people who talk to code more" : Nice one, will remember that. 4. I agree with you : complacency, lack of focus should not be the reason to give it up, it is worth much more than that. 5. Yeah definitely, contributing in any way (other than just talk) is an amazing thing, talk is cheap and easy. Other efforts need more time and focused diligent effort. 6. RMS : hit the nail on the head.
Great to hear from you, -Sumod On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 1:09 AM, Praveen A <[email protected]> wrote: > 2012/2/6 Sumod K Mohan <[email protected]>: > > @Praveen : Long time pal. I still remember us hacking around with HURD on > > those reliance machines. :D. > > Yes, I do remember those days, those days were awesome! > > > Would love to hear your experiences. Having traveled down the same path > for > > sometime together, want to know what you think. Not for "flame wars", > but to > > learn; to know what I am missing :). > > I was confused by your surname :) I remember you as Sumod Menon and > when I saw Sumod K Mohan I was not sure if it was the same person :) > > Anyway its nice to talk again and share our ideas! > > -- > പ്രവീണ് അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില് > You have to keep reminding your government that you don't get your > rights from them; you give them permission to rule, only so long as > they follow the rules: laws and constitution. > > _______________________________________________ > Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List > http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ > http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > #[email protected] >
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