Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 11:47:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org> To: Dennis <dennis@etinc.com> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: BSD, GPL, the world today. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990513114518.2143F-100000@beelzebubba.sysabend.org> In-Reply-To: <199905131530.LAA04222@etinc.com>
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On Thu, 13 May 1999, Dennis wrote: :At 10:43 AM 5/13/99 -0400, Jamie Bowden wrote: :> :>I've been doing a little thinking on the whole Proprietary vs. GPL vs. BSD :>licensing issue. Stallman's wrong, Brett's wrong, Gates iswrong, hell :>everyobody's wrong. :> :>Now that I have your attention, let me continue. The biggest problem I :>see with software today, as an admin (read, bridge between users and :>vendors), is the refusal of vedors to take responsibilty for their :>products. Microsoft seems to be the biggest practitioner of this, but :>they didn't start it. : :Actually, you are wrong. All software has bugs, therefore it is :unreasonable for consumers to assume that software that they buy has no :bugs. Bugs are part of the deal. Had you read the whole thing, you would have seen that I am aware of the fact that software has bugs. An acceptable inevitability. What is unacceptable is the refusal of vendors to fix their broken fucking software for less than a small fortune, if they are even willing. Don't let your knee hit you in the face when it jerks like that. Jamie Bowden -- If we've got to fight over grep, sign me up. But boggle can go. -Ted Faber (on Hasbro's request for removal of /usr/games/boggle) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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