>> I applaud anyone who drills a company representative.
Harsh.
By that logic, it is not their action, but their employment that dictates
your response?
>> If the representative can't take it, they're the charcoal I mentioned
above.
>> Without trying to sound like RMS, remember this is about freedom and not
the feelings of a company representative.
But you wish to deny Novell the freedom to deal with Microsoft, and deny
John the freedom to offer his opinion. I guess I'm pretty confused about
all this 'freedom' stuff.
Ken Elliott
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-----Original Message-----
From: slug@nks.net [mailto:slug@nks.net] On Behalf Of Logan Tygart
Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 4:47 PM
To: SLUG
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Microsoft rides the NERD SLED!
On Sun, 2006-11-05 at 14:39 +0000, michael hast wrote:
> Levi Bard wrote:
<snip>
> That's a little harsh, dude. Yeah, he plugged the product quite a
> bit, granted. But, if I found out that you were a firefighter at a
> station with an aged breathing air compressor that was giving you
> fits, I would make sure that you were aware that the company I work
> for could provide a high-quality new one affordably.
Yeah, but that is what company representatives are PAID to do. They take
flame and smelt it into gold or they crisp into charcoal. If everyone took
the words of a company representative as faith, we'd all be using Windoze
while chanting, "BB!" Those representatives are out to make a dime. Even
though there are freely available versions of their distribution, they want
to profit, so they add enticements.
>From what I read and hear, about this agreement between Microsoft and
Novell, is an implied threat such as, "if you use our distro or provide free
code to our distro, you'll be free from any impending litigation doom, on
the horizon."
If you read posts from this list, you most likely use free software. If you
enjoy free software, you might keep in mind that some folks from the
proprietary side find "free software" more efficacious than their
proprietary counterpart. It's free code with none of the nuisance of paying
developers. Proprietary folk, tenaciously seek a way to absorb this free
code and call it their own and then charge anyone who uses it.
If proprietary software suits your needs. Buy it and use it.
What I don't want to see is some vendor telling me how great emacs or vim or
any other free software program is and, for $20, I can use it on one
machine.
I applaud anyone who drills a company representative. If the representative
can't take it, they're the charcoal I mentioned above.
Keep in mind, the next guy may be tougher. Without trying to sound like RMS,
remember this is about freedom and not the feelings of a company
representative.
Logan
Only in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages. -- Terry
Pratchett Registered Linux User: 277727
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