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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.'"
Linux is a piece of shit!
He won't be cutting through this FP.
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I can't help it... Does he TRY to look like Jesus!? Sheesh!
Honestly though, I half expected him not to revisit the GNU/Linux issue... But deep down inside I knew he would. You could eliminate the entire article outside of the comment that the FSF's legal counsel believes SCO gave permission to use the code when it distributed it's own version of Linux and gotten the same good information from it. And even that isn't really new information, it's just backing up what other GPL experts have suspected by a word from someone with authority. I hope the FSF has already filed such a claim with the court...
The GNU/Linux thing is way past old... (I note he didn't use GNU/NetBSD?) Narf...
Maxim: People cannot follow directions.
Increases in truth directly with the length of time spent explaining them
RMS also for the first time publically claimed, that SCO's actual name should be GNU/SCO - gnusco for short.
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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
NEWS BULITIN - Cupertino, CA
Rumors came to an end today. In a press conference, Steve Jobs announced the new Apple user input/output device. The device, called COCK(R), it is a radical shift in human interaction devices. COCK(R)'s enhanced as it also contains feedback support.
Basically COCK(R) looks like a shaft with two balls at the end. A user places the shaft into their mouth and keeps the balls pointed towards the monitor. There are sensors on the balls that track the motion of the COCK(R) in relation to the monitor. The user must look at the area on the screen to move the mouse. Thrusting of the shaft results in click actions. Additional functions may be provided by mapping licking and coddling the balls.
Since the device is used by one's mouth, bio-metric security can easily be used on OS X. COCK(R) has a built sampling device which can match saliva to specific users on the computer. As such, the user will have access based on their spit.
Feedback exists in several forms. First the shaft may increase in size to better fit the user's mouth. This usually takes a couple of minutes. There is also the ability to give the user a slight shock given error conditions on the computer. Additionally, in severe error states, a milky substance will be emitted from the COCK(R) to signify an error condition to the user.
Questions at the press release signified mixed opinions on COCK(R). There seems to be resistance to using such a device in the non-Macintosh community. Steve Jobs acknowledged this problem. As such, the current mice will still be available when purchasing Macintoshes. Currently Apple is marketing towards current users of their platform. "Product testing showed us that long-term Mac users were most willing to use COCK," Jobs stated.
Despite resistance, Apple does not feel it will hurt their sales, only increase them. Jobs said "We at Apple hope that COCK will be as important as our switch to G3 based computers. As such, our marketing staff are fully committed to convincing every one that COCK is the best."
Now that Steve Jobs released COCK(R) onto the world, he hopes sales will increase steadily. One mac fan stated "COCK is the best IO device in the world. Even the milky error substance tastes great!" Apple's stock has not significantly dropped or rose. However, Apple's online store estimates that sales of COCK(R) will rise in the next two weeks.
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".
And moderators: since when is whining about rms "Insightful"? I've read this identical comment every time rms says anything in the last two years. Insightful implies something new has been discerned and expressed. Sheesh.
It's because it's no less insightful. RMS is obsessed with the prefix of GNU to an absurd level. I don't call my system GNU/X11/KDE/Linux. I'm not going to list off all the software I use when referring to the fact that I use Linux.
"Sufferin' succotash."