[POLITICS] Re: When is the Last Time You Booted to Windows?
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
Sun Feb 19 01:51:33 UTC 2006
On Sat, 2006-02-18 at 01:40, Craig White wrote:
> > > Obviously, you don't agree and
> > > it's not necessary that you agree but your rant on this topic clearly
> > > goes against the grain of most of those on this list.
> >
> > Well, if they have any understanding left of the original
> > concept of freedom perhaps they won't mind seeing an opposing
> > view.
>
> ----
> who are you referring to with 'they' ?
[...]
> Who is this 'they' ? Is it the users of Red Hat software? Fedora users?
> People that believe that GPL license is a good thing?
The 'most of those on this list' whose opinion you speak for
on the line above.
> The import of your vague articles is that you are suggesting that we all
> just too stupid to embrace your enlightened view except that you are
> hiding the bluntness of your opinions with indefinite language.
Sorry, I thought it was obvious that I was responding about
your equally mysterious aggregate.
> We all can agree that it's probably that the GPL license does cause some
> vendors not to produce software or hardware for the users of Red Hat
> software or Fedora software or GNU Linux (assuming that this is the
> ***they*** to which you are referring). So what? Use BSD if you like
> that license better. Windows licensing apparently attracts a virtually
> unlimited number of vendors...use that.
I do use those products too - and expect to continue to have to.
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Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
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