From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Jan 28 19:48:57 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from cheddar.netmonger.net (cheddar.netmonger.net [209.54.21.140]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A3D31563F for ; Fri, 28 Jan 2000 19:48:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chris@cheddar.netmonger.net) Received: (from chris@localhost) by cheddar.netmonger.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA27551; Fri, 28 Jan 2000 22:48:26 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20000128224826.A27223@netmonger.net> Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 22:48:26 -0500 From: Christopher Masto To: Greg Lehey Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Excellent Gartner Group report: Debunking Open Source Mythsc References: <4.2.2.20000128130927.046ee770@localhost> <20000129134928.D17521@freebie.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <20000129134928.D17521@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Sat, Jan 29, 2000 at 01:49:28PM +1030 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, Jan 29, 2000 at 01:49:28PM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Friday, 28 January 2000 at 13:10:15 -0700, Brett Glass wrote: > > Alas, it's factually incorrect on several points. In particular, it > > credits Stallman with originating the idea of open source software > > "in 1984." > > Well, no, that's not what it says. To quote: > > The decision by AT&T to commercialize Unix in 1984 prompted the > first attempt to organize the concept of free software ("free" as in > freedom, not free of charge) around a license and a development > project (see Note 2). > > What part of that do you consider incorrect? Just ignore him, he hates GNU so much, the mere mention of rms destroys any chance he has of reacting objectively. -- Christopher Masto Senior Network Monkey NetMonger Communications chris@netmonger.net info@netmonger.net http://www.netmonger.net Free yourself, free your machine, free the daemon -- http://www.freebsd.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message