Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 15:18:14 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: dyson@iquest.net Cc: brett@lariat.org, tlambert@primenet.com, jkh@zippy.cdrom.com, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: O'Reilly article: Whence the Source: Untangling the OpenSource/Free Software Debate Message-ID: <36EAE426.B4DE952D@softweyr.com> References: <199903130845.DAA01236@y.dyson.net>
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"John S. Dyson" wrote:
>
> Wes Peters said:
> >
> > Guy Kawasaki was simply the James Carville of the computer industry.
> > Both remind me of a small dog that won't stop barking.
> >
> Even though Carville is a parody of himself, the biggest problem with
> Carville is the product that he is pushing. His total lack of
> credibility isn't due to his irritating style, but the advocacy positions
> that he takes. If Carville was pushing a good product, he would be
> just a silly and entertaining eccentric taking up valuable air time.
> Since he appears to be pushing a sadly defective and somewhat malicious
> product, then he appears (to me) to be a silly, foolish, irritating, and
> "borderline" eccentric.
>
> It really doesn't make any sense to compare Carville advocating Clinton
> with XXX advocating FreeBSD. There is absolutely no basis to compare
> those two situations.
OK, I see your point here. Come to think of it, you're right about
Carville too. He'd be far less irritating if he were barking about
George Bush, Bob Dole, or even Senator Kerry. He'd be the same
goofball, but at least he would be a creditable goofball.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com
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