Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 18:00:16 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, Bill/Carolyn Pechter <pechter@shell.monmouth.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GNU software (was: "Open Source Town Meeting" supports only one faction) Message-ID: <199807220100.SAA03158@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 22 Jul 1998 10:20:33 %2B0930." <19980722102033.H8098@freebie.lemis.com>
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> OK, I suppose we need to ask the question "Why support at all?". > There are some signs that the FSF are going down the tubes, quite > possibly as a result of rms's attitude, but definitely also because > they're not the only kid on the block any more. It would be fair to > ask "what have they done recently?". Nonetheless, I think an donation > is appropriate as long as we use their stuff, even if their main > contribution nowadays may be maintaining the source trees. Not an unreasonable question. I would want to ask "what are they going to do for me"? Perhaps it is time for them to move on? It's all a bit rhetorical, as I won't be able to go anyway. 8) -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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