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sun give away staroffice free... where is richard stallman and his objection?
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heh... remmeber that htread about microsoft giving stuff away to india... and FSF etc urging india to resist.... about stallman charging commercial companies giving software equates to cigarette companies seeking addicition with free pack giveaways?
and where are they now? hmmmmpf... | |
| Mr. Linux Guy 2003-01-03, 6:33 am |
| Stallman has done a lot of good stuff for open source, but he is too much of a fanatic for my tatses. You either agree with him or you are an agent of Satan. if he'd just keep rolling out the software and keep his rants to himself, he would be more influential. | |
| ccieToBe 2003-01-03, 12:10 pm |
| Yeah. I find the GNU/Linux thing amusing though. | |
| Mr. Linux Guy 2003-01-03, 10:27 pm |
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Originally posted by ccieToBe
Yeah. I find the GNU/Linux thing amusing though.
Yeah, so do I. The *main* problem with his idea is that "GNU/Linux" just doesn't quite roll off the tongue as easily as "Linux" alone does. "gcc" was Stallman's creation and is undoubtedly one of the finest pieces of software ever written (I forgive him for his parcticipation in the EMacs development for this), but his approach is too heavy-handed. If open source works, it needs no preachers. All it needs is RESULTS. Also, I find his idea of "free" software rather fascistic. When I write code, I let people take it do use as they wish. If they want to change it and close source the result, that's their business, as long as they can't take my own work away from me. Having said that, I also don;t think that the moves of certain companies to try to charge for open source products or use "value added" close source products in Linux or BSD will make much headway. The *real* value of the open software movement is not the software itself, but the people who create it. |
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