Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 14:01:39 +0200 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: "Christopher T. Jewett" <ctjewett@zdnetonebox.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The desktop apathy? I think not. Message-ID: <20010601140139.C73348@lpt.ens.fr> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010531150115.00be5ee0@localhost>; from brett@lariat.org on Thu, May 31, 2001 at 03:03:07PM -0600 References: <20010531124519.SSJB28488.mta10.onebox.com@onebox.com> <20010531124519.SSJB28488.mta10.onebox.com@onebox.com> <20010531150319.B25098@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010531150115.00be5ee0@localhost>
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Brett Glass said on May 31, 2001 at 15:03:07:
>
> >So -- GNU comes to the rescue of Sun and HP?
>
> The entire purpose of the GNU project was, and is, to kill
> companies such as Sun and HP. They are foolishly clasping
> the serpent to their breasts. (Not that both haven't done
> it before.... It was folly for Sun to trust Microsoft with
> Java or for HP to embrace Windows or hire Bruce Perens.)
OK, I get the picture.
(1) Free software projects will not produce a commercial-quality desktop.
(2) Even if free projects do, GPL'd projects won't because they
can't be commercialised.
(3) Even if a GPL'd project does produce a high-quality desktop,
commercial companies will never be interested in taking it up or
developing it further, still less adopting it.
(4) If they are in fact interested and do all these things,
they are making a mistake, because, as we all know, the
GPL is really not a license, but a wicked serpent.
(5) Therefore, one should oppose GPL'd software no matter what.
All clear now. Thanks for enlightening me.
- Rahul
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