Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 16:57:01 -0800 From: Nocturne <dpilgrim@uswest.net> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Greg Pavelcak <gpavelcak@philos.umass.edu>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Guess we've lost the server market too...? Message-ID: <36DF2BDD.4873FAE1@uswest.net> References: <4.1.19990303025641.03ef9ba0@localhost> <4.1.19990302210116.009fe670@localhost> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903030103480.687-100000@thelab.hub.org> <4.1.19990303025641.03ef9ba0@localhost> <4.1.19990303120036.0097e260@localhost> <4.1.19990304113144.03f2bbe0@localhost>
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Brett Glass wrote: > At 04:24 AM 3/4/99 -0800, Nocturne wrote: > >Brett Glass wrote: > >> The size of the lunatic fringe associated with Linux is largely > >> responsible for its success. > > > >I think this has more to do with the fact that its developers make > >up the primary of body of said fringe. There's nothing more powerful > >than a devoted lunatic enboldened with technical knowledge of the > >object of her/his lunacy. > > I agree, and we especially need those types, even if they do occasionally > foam at the mouth, as Stallman does. (Have you noticed just how much > press Stallman gets?) [...] If I could read C and understand what it's doing, and had a spare month to get through the key areas, I could become one very emboldened lunatic (I'm only timid one now) -- dpilgrim@uswest.net ICQ: 29880099 gryph@mindless.com PGP DH/DSS key available If you're gonna build a house of cards, use the plastic coated kind Cuz I'll bet the homeowner's insurance won't cover flood damage To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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