Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 23:20:28 -0800 From: W Gerald Hicks <jhix@mindspring.com> To: brett@lariat.org Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: On "intelligent people" and "dangers to BSD" Message-ID: <20000323232028H.jhix@mindspring.com> In-Reply-To: <4.2.2.20000321221834.041727c0@localhost> References: <Pine.BSF.4.20.0003220133470.1180-100000@theory1.physics.iisc.ernet.in> <200003212351.QAA13462@usr08.primenet.com> <4.2.2.20000321221834.041727c0@localhost>
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From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Subject: Re: On "intelligent people" and "dangers to BSD" Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 22:19:37 -0700 > At 04:51 PM 3/21/2000 , Terry Lambert wrote: > > >People who have read an abstract of Raymond's "The Cathedral And > >th Bazaar" are writing most of the articles. They haven't read > >the full text, > > True. The paper itself is rather badly written, IMHO. I know > what he's driving at, but he does not express it well. > I didn't get it (the paper). ESR's assertion that ego gratification is the primary motivational force behind the free software revolution was a very negative impression I came away with. I couldn't disagree more. I believe that it's simply a matter of craftsmen (and women :) asserting their power over the tools of their trade. -- Jerry Hicks jhix@mindspring.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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