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Date:      Thu, 04 Mar 1999 11:34:56 -0700
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        Nocturne <dpilgrim@uswest.net>
Cc:        Greg Pavelcak <gpavelcak@philos.umass.edu>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Guess we've lost the server market too...?
Message-ID:  <4.1.19990304113144.03f2bbe0@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <36DE7B6E.482EE22@uswest.net>
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At 04:24 AM 3/4/99 -0800, Nocturne wrote:
 
>Brett Glass wrote:
>> The size of the lunatic fringe associated with Linux is largely
>> responsible for its success.
>
>I think this has more to do with the fact that its developers make
>up the primary of body of said fringe.  There's nothing more powerful
>than a devoted lunatic enboldened with technical knowledge of the
>object of her/his lunacy.

I agree, and we especially need those types, even if they do occasionally
foam at the mouth, as Stallman does. (Have you noticed just how much
press Stallman gets?) As Jung said:

"Be careful when casting out your daemons, for you may be casting out
the best part of you."

--Brett





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