From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 13 18:24:10 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0798C16A4CE for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 18:24:10 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sccimhc92.asp.att.net (sccimhc92.asp.att.net [63.240.76.166]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A47CB43D49 for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 18:24:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@nbritton.org) Received: from [192.168.1.10] (12-223-129-46.client.insightbb.com[12.223.129.46]) by sccimhc92.asp.att.net (sccimhc92) with ESMTP id <20050213182408i92004uc96e>; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 18:24:08 +0000 Message-ID: <420F9B45.2020806@nbritton.org> Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 12:24:05 -0600 From: Nikolas Britton User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20050202) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org References: <420ED112.80401@pacific.net.sg> <20050213053614.32862.qmail@web53907.mail.yahoo.com> <782331035.20050213091338@wanadoo.fr> In-Reply-To: <782331035.20050213091338@wanadoo.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: The only worthwhile logo-related comments so far.... X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 18:24:10 -0000 Anthony Atkielski wrote: >stheg olloydson writes: > > > >>I don't think I follow you. FBSD having Core is a Good Thing. >> >> > >It's a good thing, but it's not a _corporate_ thing. Corporations don't >like organizations that are run democratically. They like organizations >that are run autocratically by autocrats of whom they approve (which, >not coincidentally, includes corporations themselves). They like this >because it centralizes control and allows them to know and predict how a >given organization will behave. It limits accountability to a few >identifiable individuals. Democratic organizations are unpredictable >and unstable from a business standpoint. > > Now we're just getting into the politics of government structure. I (and most others) have never liked dictatorial rule, even if it is benevolent, because we have no say in the matter. The other problem is that people with power (large companies, autocrats, etc.) can easily exert there control onto this person, this is never a good thing for the commonwealth.