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Kevin Carmony Responds to Criticism
sharkscott writes to tell us that LXer's Don Parris took a few minutes to get Kevin Carmony's response to the large amount of criticism he has been taking over offering non-free software in Linspire. From the article: "Essentially, Carmony's position is that, in ten years of holding out, the FOSS community has made relatively few gains, in terms of convincing vendors to release libre codecs and drivers. In other words, the strategy doesn't seem to be working. Additionally, while some will be patient, most users would prefer to have something - anything - that works in the meanwhile."
Personally, I think Linux is already almost completely user friendly. Have you checked out the new Fedora Core 5 installation, or any installation using anaconda or something similar. I have to say setting it up was a breeze, and with tools like yum and guides like these (http://www.stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_5_insta llation_notes.html) I find it surprising that people find it difficult. Plus, I haven't tried it myself, but we've all heard of how great Ubuntu is. Linux has come a long way.
Before you die, you see DoubleRing...
You're missing the point. Free software people are interested in spreading Free Software. Why would they sacrifice the Free Software part of that, just to spread more proprietary software?
most users would prefer to have something - anything - that works in the meanwhile.
Jesus fucking Christ! Is this something that has slipped past the great minds behind the Linux revolution!?!? Yet you fucktards STILL don't understand why Linux isn't catching on. Man, this kind of stupidity really burns my ass.
A typical day in the life of RMS:
8am - Wake up outside the Center for Marxist Education in Cambridge as another bum shits on him. Thinks this sucks and that he would like an apartment, but can't find a landlord with an apartment that is free as in speech and beer. Falls back asleep.
9am - Wakes up again.
9:15am - Goes to men's room at MIT to wash shit off. Gives himself sponge bath. Shit comes off (somewhat), but he really isn't clean since he refuses to take a shower.
9:45am - Decides to shave 2 inches off beard after someone in MIT restroom mistakes him for Osama Bin Laden.
10am - Goes to McDonalds for breakfast. Gets into arguement with workers behind counter after they refuse to give him a free as in speech and beer breakfast. Also gets into arguement with the manager about why McDonalds should be called GNU/McDonalds due to the fact that he eats there.
11:30am - After being thrown out of McDonalds since the staff doesn't want a DGH deterring lunch rush, RMS goes to the McDonalds' dumpster to find food. Eats a "GNU/Quarter Pounder" and "GNU/fries" covered with "GNU/mold". He consideres the food better since it is free as in speech and beer.
12:30am - Goes back to MIT to recruit MIT students into writing free software. RMS is unable to enter anyone's office since everyone has placed spider plants in their offices. (He has a phobia a spider plants.)
1pm - RMS protests GWB (George W. Bush) for not being GNU/GWB and believing in copyrights. Wanders out of Cambridge and into Waltham. Police find RMS and arrest him for violating the ordinance that says he is not allowed to enter Waltham. (All towns surrounding Cambridge have this ordinace.) Police beat him and deport him back to Cambridge.
3:30pm - Goes back to MIT and creates a plan for dealing with overpopulation by killing everyone who uses non-free software. Writes code into next version of emacs to implement that feature
5:30pm - Reads email. His email is bombarded with trolls and goatse. RMS is turned on by the goatse and beats off to it.
6pm - Still beating off to goatse
7pm - Still beating off to goatse
8pm - Still beating off to goatse
9pm - Breaks into MIT vending machine to have a free as in speech and beer snack.
10pm - Breaks into a liquor store for free as in speech and free as in beer beer. Gets drunk.
10:15pm - Walks around drunk yelling, "Use free software" and "I am a goat fucker".
11:45pm - Collapses in front of the Center for Marxist Education. Goes to sleep.
I don't think Sorenson or Sony give a shit about what kind of ignorant half-informed bullshit you post to Slashdot. If they did they could just read it here, they have no reason to backdoor your slashbox; there's plenty of porn available freely on the Internet already without scouring your HDD for those pictures of your 5" dick.
So how much did they pay you to say that? Do you have to wear a sponsored by Linspire hat?
Wow it's interesting to see the yahoo board PJ bashers are now trolling here. If you want to see a bunch of losers complaining about PJ hang out at the yahoo SCOX bulletin board. They also used hang out at ipwars, I don't know if that site is still around but they were sued by Merkey and folded like a house of cards despite all the chest beating and braying about freedom and well "ip wars".
evil is as evil does