when people listens to the free software term always thinks of something than can not be sold. that's wrong, free software can be sold (and it's been sold), the word free should be used as in liberty not as in (the best beer in the world) free beer (yeah i know that phrase is a cliche, but it still serves its purpouse). yes it may seem idiotic and a good way for taking advantage of people that are more romantic than the average, but (the omniprestent "but") what's wrong with that if we are all itdiotic and sharing our knowledge with each other?? i'm concerned of your words because i'm almost 30 and i'm a free (free as in liberty;-) software enthusiast, i'm not thinking right now in having a family or a litte house with a cute white fence on the (carefuly crafted) front yard or a couple of kids running in that yard (desmond and molly... obla di obla da) or anything like that, so, i write free software beacuse i can (as all the free software developers do), and because i see the efforts of the other people, they might do it because of fame and yes it is fame between geeks, so what?? that's the fame that matters not the bill gates fame that desinforms people and they end up saying extremely stupid things like "bill gates invented the computers", and yes the bill gates fame like is the one that sells software, but in the end people want software that works, and people that knows how that software works (so it can be modified in order of their necesities, not modify their necesities in order of the software); but at the end of the day it's all about sharing the knowledge, and giving back something to the community; and the MOST IMPORTANT, they do it because they LOVE IT, that's the secret of free software, we LOVE writing code, we LOVE reading other peoples code, and you know, when you do something you love, it is always good because you leave part of your soul in it and you are going to take care of it very carefully (just check the response time for the critical bugs in free sw and you'll get my point). the code writng part is the part that makes you happy and the using/installing/configuring/administering is the part that makes you money. so, what happens when have to share your love between your wife, kids, car, house, job, you just have less time to write free code, that's it. finally, i believe in freedom, and freedom is using/writng free software as it is using/writing propietary (or any kind of) software, this leads us to another point, choices, free software is another choice based more in your heart than in your pocket (not that money is bad, it gets you things!!). it is in each particular point of view whether is a good choice or not. yes, if i find a propietary product that is better than a free sw product i'll use it, but only in the time that takes it's free sw equivalent to catch up with it (if i can i help, if can't i just wait). free software it's just another (very romantic) choice, a choice like the others that can feed the kids, the car, the wife, and the soul;-)
yup i've just did the search myself and was (not very) surprised when i saw the results. that's the kind of problem when one entity with interests in the information is resposible too of doing the search for it.
Lines of C code, lines of perl, c++, java, pseudo code, only a programmer can appreciate something beautiful in them just as only a cubist iniciated can actually appreciate a cubist painting.
When a programmer looks at certain code he knows that is beautiful or ugly, the way it is indented, the names of the variables, the way the conditions are issued, how the memory is managed, the shortcuts done thanks to a depper knowledge of the language, it shows the love and the dedication the programmer puts on it, it shows how a person thinks, how humorous or bitter he or she is (just look at the comments with ";-) ";-), damned !! even the name of the program must be choosen carefully.
The programmer leaves a part of his life in each one of his/hers creations and even just for that a program must be considered into the ranks of the beautiful.
You're rigth!!
There are some non smokers that complain too mouch about the smoke, if they don't like it they are free to go away, but nooo they want to be with the smokers so the smokers have to stop smoking (and must do it) while they still complaining about the smoke. That is not fair
What kind of user gets confused with ssh / openSSH?
It's obvious that the two a are diferent products.
Of course if we are talking about people that doesn't read the README files, we are talking about people that in a very remotely possibiliy is gong to be capable of installing one of the two products.
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To sniff packets in a unix box you MUST be using the root account.
By the way do you think that somebody is going to run files recieved vía email using the root account???
If he does that he deserves all the calamities a computer can suffer.
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i just bought a java workstation and played a little with JDS, it sucked so much that one our later i was installing my favorite distro.
anyway it's not very surprising since their recent alliance with M$
when people listens to the free software term always thinks of something than can not be sold. that's wrong, free software can be sold (and it's been sold), the word free should be used as in liberty not as in (the best beer in the world) free beer (yeah i know that phrase is a cliche, but it still serves its purpouse). yes it may seem idiotic and a good way for taking advantage of people that are more romantic than the average, but (the omniprestent "but") what's wrong with that if we are all itdiotic and sharing our knowledge with each other?? ;-) software enthusiast, i'm not thinking right now in having a family or a litte house with a cute white fence on the (carefuly crafted) front yard or a couple of kids running in that yard (desmond and molly ... obla di obla da) or anything like that, so, i write free software beacuse i can (as all the free software developers do), and because i see the efforts of the other people, they might do it because of fame and yes it is fame between geeks, so what?? that's the fame that matters not the bill gates fame that desinforms people and they end up saying extremely stupid things like "bill gates invented the computers", and yes the bill gates fame like is the one that sells software, but in the end people want software that works, and people that knows how that software works (so it can be modified in order of their necesities, not modify their necesities in order of the software); but at the end of the day it's all about sharing the knowledge, and giving back something to the community; and the MOST IMPORTANT, they do it because they LOVE IT, that's the secret of free software, we LOVE writing code, we LOVE reading other peoples code, and you know, when you do something you love, it is always good because you leave part of your soul in it and you are going to take care of it very carefully (just check the response time for the critical bugs in free sw and you'll get my point). ;-)
i'm concerned of your words because i'm almost 30 and i'm a free (free as in liberty
the code writng part is the part that makes you happy and the using/installing/configuring/administering is the part that makes you money.
so, what happens when have to share your love between your wife, kids, car, house, job, you just have less time to write free code, that's it.
finally, i believe in freedom, and freedom is using/writng free software as it is using/writing propietary (or any kind of) software, this leads us to another point, choices, free software is another choice based more in your heart than in your pocket (not that money is bad, it gets you things!!). it is in each particular point of view whether is a good choice or not. yes, if i find a propietary product that is better than a free sw product i'll use it, but only in the time that takes it's free sw equivalent to catch up with it (if i can i help, if can't i just wait).
free software it's just another (very romantic) choice, a choice like the others that can feed the kids, the car, the wife, and the soul
yup i've just did the search myself and was (not very) surprised when i saw the results. that's the kind of problem when one entity with interests in the information is resposible too of doing the search for it.
after an 11 hour day at the computer grind ther's nothing better than a skateboarding session, it keeps you in shape so you don't that kind of pain
couldn't agree more
Lines of C code, lines of perl, c++, java, pseudo code, only a programmer can appreciate something beautiful in them just as only a cubist iniciated can actually appreciate a cubist painting. ;-) " ;-), damned !! even the name of the program must be choosen carefully.
When a programmer looks at certain code he knows that is beautiful or ugly, the way it is indented, the names of the variables, the way the conditions are issued, how the memory is managed, the shortcuts done thanks to a depper knowledge of the language, it shows the love and the dedication the programmer puts on it, it shows how a person thinks, how humorous or bitter he or she is (just look at the comments with "
The programmer leaves a part of his life in each one of his/hers creations and even just for that a program must be considered into the ranks of the beautiful.
you're right, it would be a cool nightmare to code a software like that in assembly
how the humanity is going to recover from the Microsoft (and microsoft drainbrained spawns) invasion that is going thru???
You're rigth!! There are some non smokers that complain too mouch about the smoke, if they don't like it they are free to go away, but nooo they want to be with the smokers so the smokers have to stop smoking (and must do it) while they still complaining about the smoke. That is not fair
What kind of user gets confused with ssh / openSSH? It's obvious that the two a are diferent products. Of course if we are talking about people that doesn't read the README files, we are talking about people that in a very remotely possibiliy is gong to be capable of installing one of the two products.
what about AC/DC ???
To sniff packets in a unix box you MUST be using the root account. By the way do you think that somebody is going to run files recieved vía email using the root account??? If he does that he deserves all the calamities a computer can suffer.
-- Ignorance, the plague is everywhere
- guttemouth
Cool signature!!!!
Are you being sarcastic???
What's the problem with the baggy pants, i use baggy pants and I LIKE TO WEAR BAGGY PANTS and i don't have a reason i just like them