Re: Shut Up With The Open Source Politics, OK?

Thus quoth The Rev. Shamim, D.D., LFHCfS op Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 09:40:00AM -0700:
> (Rule No. 0: Never get involved in a land war in Asia, or a religious
> argument on the 'net.)

As if wars in the Balkan are much fun...

> Fundamentally, the term "open source" is bullshit. Why should anyone
> care that they can read the code? In the 60's, if you wanted the

My first advice will be that they should demand source code for all their
software, whether Open or closed. The value of freedom is harder to 
see for those whose job is to restrict is. 

Kind regard,


Daniel von Asmuth

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	If Gates had meant us to use Windows,
	He would have given us three hands.