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Re: giving money to gnome

Karl M. Hegbloom wrote:
> >>>>> "Richard" == Richard Braakman <dark@xs4all.nl> writes:
> 
>     Richard> My view on the problem you state is quite simple: Red Hat
>     Richard> is not the enemy.  Microsoft is the enemy.
> 
>  What do we need enemies for?  It's such a waste of time and energy.

Wow, time warp :-)

I made it clear enough that this is my personal view.
Please allow me my enemies.

>  I don't think it is practical to `ban' all commercial software.

It needn't be banned, since free software will eclipse it.
Eventually, proprietary software will only grow in small niches.
I'm still young, I have patience :)

>  Somebody's got to pay the programmer... after `college' is over, I'd
>  kind of like to have a paying job at this.

Hm... RMS answered this better than I.  The GNU manifesto is published
at http://www.fsf.org/gnu/manifesto.html.  I refer to the headings
"Won't programmers starve?" and "Programmers need to make a living
somehow."

>  We have to remember that the guys writing the commercial and in-house
>  stuff that we don't get to see *really* know their stuff.  We should
>  court their assistance, rather than bratting about hOw baD tHeY Suk.

I don't get this impression from Microsoft.  They do not really know
their stuff.  I do not need or care for their assistance.  They may
have some excellent programmers, but as an organisation they do not
seem able to get things right.  

Prediction: I fully expect them to drop the ball on IPv6.  They will
show up, late, with a patch that does not work and is not compatible
with the rest of the world's IPv6, and expect everyone else to adjust.

Eagerly awaiting Windows-00,

Richard Braakman


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