From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 18 17:37:34 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 63ABCA3A for ; Wed, 18 Feb 2015 17:37:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx01.qsc.de (mx01.qsc.de [213.148.129.14]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2114FB83 for ; Wed, 18 Feb 2015 17:37:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-149-162.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.149.162]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 884B63CDA7; Wed, 18 Feb 2015 18:37:32 +0100 (CET) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id t1IHbVOW002216; Wed, 18 Feb 2015 18:37:31 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 18:37:31 +0100 From: Polytropon To: jd1008 Subject: Re: What's in my hard drive? How can I get rid of it? Message-Id: <20150218183731.b071a6dd.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <54E3BF90.9060609@gmail.com> References: <54E39F83.70002@gmail.com> <20150217202411.GA42894@neutralgood.org> <20150217222744.0a9b1d87@archlinux> <54E3BF90.9060609@gmail.com> Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 17:37:34 -0000 On Tue, 17 Feb 2015 15:24:16 -0700, jd1008 wrote: > I believe a major overhaul of the software industry (both open source > and commercial) is way way overdue. This won't happen, especially because commercial software (and the industry behind it) controls (!) the universe by clever marketing, re-education, and brainwashing (until it's nice and clean). Their goal is to make money, and their purpose is to make more money, that's why they will not let any change happen. Change is bad, you know? And keep in mind: Improvement _is_ change. Growth (in terms of the shareholders' money) is the only acceptable change, because it's a constant. :-) > A people's tribunal of highly capable software and hardware engineers > is desperately needed to look into the source codes of all SW and HW > designs and implementations - including the compilers and assemblers. Again, this won't happen, as man's fixation on money will allow those in control of money determine the outcome of the action of that tribunal. You can see the same effect in action in almost any legal system. The same applies to certifications ("certified safety"). In most cases, an actual prove isn't needed (and sometimes, it's not even possible due to closed source), but when your money is on the counter, you'll get the shiny badge - it's that simple and easy. Again allow me to mention that this doesn't just apply to software - it applies to "real life", too. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...