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RMS Weighs in on BitKeeper Debacle

Posted by timothy on from the quite-a-backhand dept.

mshiltonj writes "You know its what we've all been waiting for: RMS weighs in on the BitKeeper debacle. An excerpt: "I want to thank Larry McVoy. He recently eliminated a major weakness of the free software community, by announcing the end of his campaign to entice free software projects to use and promote his non-free software. Soon, Linux development will no longer use this program, and no longer spread the message that non-free software is a good thing if it's convenient."

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  1. Quote by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Quote that describes RMS best:

    "RMS is a madman, but fortunatly he's our madman".

  2. Re:A question for RMS by millennial · · Score: 5, Funny

    Warning: Sense.of.humor not found. Please recompile from the appropriate Bitkeeper repository. ;)

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  3. The fortune cookie version of this post... by barfy · · Score: 5, Funny

    RMS is a lot funnier if you put "Bitch!" at the end of his quote...

  4. One of these days by dapf73 · · Score: 5, Funny

    We'll see Stallman going into MS with a bunch of C4 strapped to his chest.

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  5. Re:I disagree w/RMS... by e1618978 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Excellent - I am part of the open source crowd, not the free software crowd. Come on +5!!! Baby needs a new pair of shoes!!!

  6. Re:A question for RMS by aichpvee · · Score: 5, Funny

    If I'd written emacs I'd still use vi. So what's your point?

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