Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 06:15:51 -0300 (BRT) From: Hebert Bernardo <root@foo.com> To: David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com> Cc: FreeBSD Advocacy <advocacy@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Perens' "Free Software Leaders StandTogether" Message-ID: <Pine.BSO.4.21.0105230611370.19504-100000@foo> In-Reply-To: <3B0AB396.1F4DC07A@acuson.com>
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On Tue, 22 May 2001, David Johnson wrote: Hi, i would like to accomplish your point of view on this matter, you`re damm right!! :-) > Technical Information wrote: > > > > One of the biggest mistakes that anyone can make in this industry is to > > assume that technical superiority is enough to assure the success of a > > product. How many technologies have we seen fall by the wayside in the > Pardon me for intruding with some pop sociological and political > analysis of the Linux and BSD communities :-) This is all gross > generalization and prone to bad logic. > > Hackers and geeks are fiercely independent They demand complete control > over their personal domain. Unix is attractive to them because it places > them in control of their computer. Open Source unices are even more > attractive because it offers them even more control. > > Individualists tend to fall into two broad political types. One type is > "hermit". They expect all other people to be equally individualistic. > They have no desire to tell others what to do. "If I can do it, so can > everyone else." They don't coalesce into communities very well. Warfare > with other communities and individuals is rare. > > The other type is "tribal". They group everyone else into the ranks of > "elder", "us" and "them". It is okay to tell lower ranks what to do, and > it is accepted that lower ranks may very well tell the upper ranks to > "shove off". Community(tribe) is central, but because they are still > individualists, they choose their own tribe and sometimes change tribes. > Warfare with other tribes is common. > > BSD land is mainly "hermit". It expects the newbie to be able to learn > how to do stuff on his own. Help is available but hand holding is not. > Warfare between the BSD systems is very rare. The BSD license fits > perfectly. "Do whatever you want with the code." BSD users could care > less what system other people use. > > Linuxland is mainly "tribal". There are tribes within tribes, and they > all fight each other to some extent. If a newbie gets snubbed in one > subtribe, they find another. The GPL license fits perfectly. "Contribute > your code back to the tribe". Linux users often take great offense if > some else isn't using the same extact distro. > > Just some random musings... > > David > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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