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RMS Cuts Through Some SCO FUD
sckienle writes "ZD-Net has a commentary by Richard Stallman about the SCO case against IBM, kind of. It does provide some history on what the GNU organization did to protect itself from such lawsuits. Favorite quote: 'Less evident is the harm it does by inciting simplistic thinking: [Intellectual Property] lumps together diverse laws--copyright law, patent law, trademark law and others--which really have little in common.'"
F*&^*. Someone take Stallman into a corner and beat him about the head with the clue stick. His zealous campaign to have his pet project - GNU - put over anything that even smells of free software was tired long ago.
Who gives a sh!t about what the name is? We are getting to the point where key IT decision makers know of and want Linux. Don't confuse the issue with a bunch of idealogs ranting about the computing equivalent of how many angels can stand on the head of a pin.
To RMS - get a life, and do something useful again.
RMS:
... shit."
"Hey guys. look at me! I'm over here! Come pester me, not that stupid old Linus guy. Forget IBM, it's all about me."
"I'll knock you down a peg if you would just PLEASE-OH-PLEASE-OH-PLEASE validate my existence by attacking me. It is GNU not Linix!"
"Won't anyone listen to me?
Mod RMS: -1 Troll
It might take another five years to get the NHL to the point were we are now but things would eventually get back to normal.
:)
Nah, all the good players come from Europe anyway...
darius
My ideas are right. Your ideas are wrong. I am important.
For all intensive purposes, "whom" is no longer a word. That begs the question, "who cares"?
No, he has the "killer instinct" of a neanderthal that roots around in the shrubs all day looking for mice to eat.
You had me at "dicks fuck assholes".