From owner-freebsd-questions Sat May 13 9:37:36 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from aragorn.neomedia.it (aragorn.neomedia.it [195.103.207.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B41837B527 for ; Sat, 13 May 2000 09:37:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bartequi@neomedia.it) Received: from localhost (ppp3-pa5.neomedia.it [195.103.207.115]) by aragorn.neomedia.it (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id SAA28421; Sat, 13 May 2000 18:37:25 +0200 (CEST) From: Salvo Bartolotta Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 17:39:33 GMT Message-ID: <20000513.17393300@mis.configured.host> Subject: Re: 5.0 already? To: William Freeman Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <391D4DAD.FD80980A@picusnet.com> References: <391D4DAD.FD80980A@picusnet.com> X-Mailer: SuperCalifragilis X-Priority: 3 (Normal) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 5/13/00, 1:42:21 PM, William Freeman wrote=20 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=20 say, > RedHat, is because FreeBSD is controlled by one group, as opposed to > scavenging everything rom thousands of different people. Linux its=20 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" ?=20 After all, apart from specific military constraints (especially on=20 **technologies**), science is normally, as it were, "Open Source". By the way, if it weren't, our "civilization" would not be=20 significantly different from that of the=20 XVII century. Please note: science !=3D technology. Incidentally, the Latin root of the word "science" and the main Greek=20 root of the word "technology" have different meanings.=20 Best regards, Salvo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message