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Date:      Tue, 06 Oct 1998 13:28:55 -0700
From:      "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
To:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Cc:        Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, Jerry Hicks <wghicks@bellsouth.net>, FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: RMS on UDI 
Message-ID:  <20249.907705735@time.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 06 Oct 1998 14:19:47 MDT." <4.1.19981006141546.0430a1d0@mail.lariat.org> 

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> RMS, however, thinks the whole CONCEPT of sharing drivers with 
> non-open-source OSes is heresy. Especially if -- heaven forbid! --
> the manufacturer doesn't supply source.

The foolishness of such an attitude transcends even that.  In RMS's
world, for example, it would be preferable to go out and buy some
piece of new hardware (say a camera or scanner with some custom
interface) and have only Windows and possibly Macintosh support on the
floppies provided with the kit, just as things are now.  The user's
best interests are sacrificed on the altar of RMS's vision of a perfect
world where things are either done "correctly" or not at all.

-Jordan

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