Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 17:39:33 GMT From: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@neomedia.it> To: William Freeman <wdf@picusnet.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 5.0 already? Message-ID: <20000513.17393300@mis.configured.host> In-Reply-To: <391D4DAD.FD80980A@picusnet.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10005130735370.20100-100000@hydrant.intranova.net> <391D4DAD.FD80980A@picusnet.com>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 5/13/00, 1:42:21 PM, William Freeman <wdf@picusnet.com> wrote regarding Re: 5.0 already?: > I don't know what kind of crack that guy is smoking, but there is > nothing at all conservative about Linux or GNU in general. Even if we > forget about all the communist ideology behind the GPL, they'll still > take a patch from just about anyone unless it total sucks. The only > reason that it looks like FreeBSD is moving so fast, as opposed to say, > RedHat, is because FreeBSD is controlled by one group, as opposed to > scavenging everything rom thousands of different people. Linux its self > is just an operating system kernel and can do nothing useful on it's > own. > Plus, do you think it's coincidence that Richard Stallmans name sounds > so much like Joseph Stalin? > -- > William D. Freeman (wfreeman@picusnet.com) > http://memebers.xoom.com/EvilGNU > -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > Version: 3.12 > GG d- s+:+ a--- C++ UB+++ P+ L- E--- W++ N-- o-- K- w--- > O---- M-- V-- PS--- PE+++ Y- PGP---- t+++ 5-- X+++ R* tv++ b+ DI++++ > D---- > G- e-- h! r++ !y+ > ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ Dear D. Freeman, Would you define *scientific* research as "communist" ? After all, apart from specific military constraints (especially on **technologies**), science is normally, as it were, "Open Source". By the way, if it weren't, our "civilization" would not be significantly different from that of <VERY OPTIMISTIC EVALUATION>the XVII century.</VERY OPTIMISTIC EVALUATION> Please note: science != technology. Incidentally, the Latin root of the word "science" and the main Greek root of the word "technology" have different meanings. Best regards, Salvo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the messagehelp
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