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From: "Dow, Benjamin" <bdow@mrv.com>
To: "'linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org'" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [OFFTOPIC] RMS and reactions to him
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 15:53:12 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <19EE6EC66973A5408FBE4CB7772F6F0A046A8B@ltnmail.xyplex.com> (raw)

> For nearly 10 years I've read many posts by RMS and the replies that
> follow. RMS's posts seem calm, rational and clearly presented. For the
> most part, the replies are emotional, high strung, and mean spirited
> personal attacks.
> 
> Note that I'm not a card carrying member of the RMS fan club, nor do I
> agree with everything he says.  I'm just an observer noting the striking 
> difference in the tone between RMS's posts and the responses.

Honestly, most people who disagree with him and want to be reasonable will
probably just not reply.  Personally, I get tired of the political
discussions on LKML very quickly; they tend to go over the same old ground,
and in the end, nobody has given in.  Sure, the political issues affect us,
but they get blown way out of proportion.  This list is for technical
discussions, as many people have pointed out before, and I'd like to see it
stay that way.

That being said, I don't really see him as all that rational and clear.
Maybe it's just me, but the words "rhetoric" and "dogma" spring to mind.
I'm not trying to attack him personally; I think that he's contributed a lot
to the community.  But his words are not gospel, and having no choice but to
conform to one man's idea of "free" doesn't sound very free to me, so I hope
he doesn't entirely succeed in his crusade either.

Now why don't we get back to coding?



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             reply	other threads:[~2003-01-14 20:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 61+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-01-14 20:53 Dow, Benjamin [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-01-18 16:14 [OFFTOPIC] RMS and reactions to him Thomas Hood
2003-01-14 22:14 Ed Vance
2003-01-14 22:46 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-01-14 22:54   ` Cort Dougan
2003-01-14 19:06 Nvidia and its choice to read the GPL "differently" Larry McVoy
2003-01-14 19:56 ` [OFFTOPIC] RMS and reactions to him Dax Kelson
2003-01-14 20:02   ` Larry McVoy
2003-01-14 20:19     ` Olivier Galibert
2003-01-14 20:36       ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-01-14 20:45         ` Larry McVoy
2003-01-15 23:28           ` Richard Stallman
2003-01-14 21:08       ` Mark Mielke
2003-01-14 21:51         ` Chris Funderburg
2003-01-14 22:13         ` Henning P. Schmiedehausen
2003-01-14 22:27         ` Wakko Warner
2003-01-15 16:39         ` Horst von Brand
2003-01-16 23:12           ` Adrian Bunk
2003-01-15 23:28         ` Richard Stallman
2003-01-16  2:51           ` Nicolas Pitre
2003-01-18  0:47             ` Richard Stallman
2003-01-18  0:56               ` Larry McVoy
2003-01-19  1:36                 ` Richard Stallman
2003-01-19  5:55                   ` Matthew D. Pitts
2003-01-18  3:01               ` Nicolas Pitre
2003-01-18 14:23                 ` andrea.glorioso
2003-01-20  0:50                 ` Richard Stallman
2003-01-20  1:46                   ` Nicolas Pitre
2003-01-21 18:17                     ` Richard Stallman
2003-01-21 18:30                       ` Larry McVoy
2003-01-21 18:55                       ` Nicolas Pitre
2003-07-20  2:42                     ` Leandro Guimarães Faria Corsetti Dutra
2003-07-20 19:30                       ` Brian McGroarty
2003-07-20 22:00                         ` Leandro Guimarães Faria Corsetti Dutra
2003-01-16  5:23           ` Steve Lee
2003-01-18  0:47             ` Richard Stallman
2003-01-20 13:38               ` Horst von Brand
2003-01-22  9:59                 ` Richard Stallman
2003-01-22 10:19                   ` Paulo Andre'
2003-01-22 11:05                     ` Jamie Lokier
2003-01-22 12:56                   ` Dave Jones
2003-01-22 16:21                   ` Mark Mielke
2003-01-23 11:37                     ` Richard Stallman
2003-01-23 13:17                       ` Murray J. Root
2003-01-23 18:15                       ` Vlad@Vlad.geekizoid.com
2003-07-20  2:27                     ` Leandro Guimarães Faria Corsetti Dutra
2003-07-20  8:09                       ` Florian Weimer
2003-07-20  8:49                         ` Leandro Guimarães Faria Corsetti Dutra
2003-07-20 10:55                           ` Wichert Akkerman
2003-07-20 21:52                             ` Leandro Guimarães Faria Corsetti Dutra
2003-07-20 22:09                               ` Wichert Akkerman
2003-07-20 22:38                                 ` David Lloyd
2003-01-22 16:44                   ` John Alvord
2003-01-23  1:31                     ` Nick Matteo
2003-01-20 16:52               ` Jerry Cooperstein
2003-01-22 17:14               ` Jan Harkes
2003-01-14 20:27     ` Abramo Bagnara
2003-01-14 21:51       ` Andre Hedrick
2003-01-15  8:42         ` Abramo Bagnara
2003-01-14 21:42     ` Andre Hedrick
2003-01-15 12:47     ` Gaël Le Mignot
2003-01-14 20:15   ` Abramo Bagnara

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