From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030317AbVLGBid (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 20:38:33 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965049AbVLGBid (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 20:38:33 -0500 Received: from nproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.182.205]:6551 "EHLO nproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965043AbVLGBic convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 20:38:32 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=RiBgLDxUB0PaLt+GHLdY5+bSzvjdAmk2hbq79/0ZRUseugx/EE/v09j/dbtSAut4AITNPh2S/+lIhCW3tPof/XYMZL3+cf5pJzk2YAEU2F0wdP4jHNvVLrSnccHmlubHPfuQ5VYRsssxQVXYrT0WUUZxzCjY2QnfZVQOMKiiIwU= Message-ID: <2cd57c900512061738l2f19aa54x@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 09:38:30 +0800 From: Coywolf Qi Hunt To: Greg KH Subject: Re: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario Cc: Tim Bird , Dave Airlie , David Woodhouse , arjan@infradead.org, andrew@walrond.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <20051206161131.GB2088@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Content-Disposition: inline References: <21d7e9970512051610n1244467am12adc8373c1a4473@mail.gmail.com> <4394DA1D.3090007@am.sony.com> <20051206040820.GB26602@kroah.com> <2cd57c900512052358m5b631204i@mail.gmail.com> <20051206161131.GB2088@kroah.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 2005/12/7, Greg KH : > On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 03:58:46PM +0800, Coywolf Qi Hunt wrote: > > > [1] My usual response is, "If we are so dumb, why are you using the kernel > > > made by us?", which usually stops the conversation right there. > > > > Your response is nonsense. It has the same logic as saying "If > > proprietary software is wrong, why are you using it?". > > Everybody are using proprietary software, aren't they? > > Um, no, not at all. The logic is, "you trust these developers enough to > want to run their code, controlling the most basic and secure portions > of your machines, yet you think they are incapable programmers?" One bought a PC, that doesn't mean he trust the BIOS, the firmware, etc... He run windows on the box, that doesn't mean he trust windows either. > > And no kernel developers are forcing anyone to use Linux. If they don't > like it for whatever reasons, there are other alternatives... AFAIK, no proprietary software vendors are forcing any1 to buy their proprietary software. Still you are speaking in a monopoly tone! (cc: rms) -- Coywolf Qi Hunt http://sosdg.org/~coywolf/