Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 11:32:00 -0400 (EDT) From: Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.runet.edu> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.ORG>, Rod Taylor <dark@idiotswitch.org>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Good memes vs. good code Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909091129410.13740-100000@peloton.runet.edu> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.19990908195708.0463db80@localhost>
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God I can't believe I'm replying to this but... On Wed, 8 Sep 1999, Brett Glass wrote: > The people who have argued with me the longest and the loudest on > this list have been those who are very code-centric. For example, > Jordan Hubbard wrote, in a recent message: > > >All this talk of dominant memes and subverting the > >current paradigm is mere fiddle-faddle when it comes right down to it > >becuase it's the front-liners who do the work and the front liners who > >I respect. > > By "front liners," of course, he means the coders. But the development > of good memes is actually more important, as is shown by the success > of Linux. Development of the memes is, of course, done behind the > front lines, while spreading them requires going out and talking to > PEOPLE -- not coding. And spending a lot of time in online discussions > such as this one. EXCEPT for the fact that you fail to mention that this was about people doing ACTUAL advocacy, not writing code, not contriubting packages, or anything else - ADVOCACY. If you want people start listening to you at least show some respect and do not quote out of context to try to fit your points. God. Brett ***************************************************** Brett Taylor brett@peloton.runet.edu * Co-Editor in Chief brett@daemonnews.org * Dept of Chem and Physics * Curie 39A (540) 831-6147 * ***************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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