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Date:      Wed, 02 May 2001 17:09:57 -0500
From:      Bob Martin <bob@buckhorn.net>
Cc:        advocacy@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ZDNet columnist bashes Apple for using BSD
Message-ID:  <3AF085B5.4CED129F@buckhorn.net>
References:  <200105022027.OAA27329@lariat.org> <3AF07D8C.E2A69474@acuson.com>

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David Johnson wrote:
> 
> 
> All of the columnists at ZDNet are a shill for someone or another. Most
> of them are shills for Microsoft. Evan is a shill for GNU.
> 
> If Evan thinks Apple is evil for not re-writing the wheel, then he
> doesn't know the first thing about Free Software. Of course, I also
> think a lot of people in the FSF don't know the first thing about Free
> Software either, but that's another story.
> 
> Unless you are an incredibly shallow person, your freedom is completely
> unaffected by the licensing of the software you use. If you disagree
> with the amount of *utility* a license permits, then simply don't use
> that software. Don't go around determining how much utility other people
> need from their software. And don't go around proclaiming this software
> holy and that software diabolical based on its licensing.
> 
You really should post this to the comments section on the site, or at
least the 3rd paragraph. This is quite eloquently said.
-- 
Bob Martin, CTO
InterNet Unlimited
http://www.inu.net
mailto:bob@inu.net

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