Sam Phillips wrote: > Tim Hammerquist wrote: > > I'm not one to draw drastic analogies (and those who know me, > > please stop snickering), but doesn't this sound a bit like > > medieval religion? > > > > "So you see, Brothers and Sisters, it was Lord McNealy's > > lack of Faith in the Divine GPL that caused his estate to > > rot, his whiskey reserves to smell of cheese, and the > > plague to leave a permanent and fatal scar on his > > temporal lobe in the shap of a Gentoo penguin. Let's all > > toss Lord McNealy's body into the Open Source Volcano in > > the name of Our Lord Stallman, then take some fresh > > herring to our web-footed Priests, lest the same > > punishment afflict us as well." > > Also painting ESR as some sort of Bishop in the Church of RMS > is very misleading, and untrue.
Let me clarify. In my farce above, I wasn't implying that esr
worshipped rms. Unfortunately, my wording made it very easy for
that assumption to be made, and I apologize. The implication was
merely that of Stallman being more of a religious leader than an
administrator (as esr seems to gravitate toward).
I also apologize to esr for implying that he is a subject of rms.
Their views and ideologies diverge greatly, and it is in their
relative fame and influence alone that they are equals. In all
other respects they are all but diametrically opposed.
Tim
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I'm not going to die with you just because you made lunch for me.
Of course, if it had been dinner...
-- Haruki Murakami, "Norwegian Wood"
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