Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 14:42:44 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, Jerry Hicks <wghicks@bellsouth.net>, FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: RMS on UDI Message-ID: <4.1.19981006144211.042df4b0@mail.lariat.org> In-Reply-To: <20249.907705735@time.cdrom.com> References: <Your message of "Tue, 06 Oct 1998 14:19:47 MDT." <4.1.19981006141546.0430a1d0@mail.lariat.org>
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You mean -- gasp! -- we AGREE on something? ;-) --Brett At 01:28 PM 10/6/98 -0700, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: >> RMS, however, thinks the whole CONCEPT of sharing drivers with >> non-open-source OSes is heresy. Especially if -- heaven forbid! -- >> the manufacturer doesn't supply source. > >The foolishness of such an attitude transcends even that. In RMS's >world, for example, it would be preferable to go out and buy some >piece of new hardware (say a camera or scanner with some custom >interface) and have only Windows and possibly Macintosh support on the >floppies provided with the kit, just as things are now. The user's >best interests are sacrificed on the altar of RMS's vision of a perfect >world where things are either done "correctly" or not at all. > >-Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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