It is frustrating to see so many people second guessing everyone else in this community. Nobody can really know what the motives are of ESR when he says he wants to retire, and in fact its interesting to see how many people quickly assume these 'leaders' are simple out to manipulate the rest of us. A little too much xfiles, I think.
I think it was good of Eric to follow up to the community after his statement about potential retirement. However, I would have to suggest that, in keeping with his theme of everyone acting mature and being more together on things, that he try to do the same. I was starting to feel warm and fuzzy, until he stuck in some obvious side remarks about Bruce Perens, and his expression of feelings towards script-kiddies were just as qualified to be flames as much as any response from slashdot.
By the end, though, he did come back with a lot of good things to say about issues that really matter. He really is a great writer.
I think that's a great idea! There should be a forum for discussion, and although slashdot seems like it could be a good place for it, there really are too many people not interested in these essays. I wonder if there are any mailing lists or newsgroups dedicated to that yet? If not, there should be...
I guess my interest in the piece dwindled after I read: "I'm currently busy writing a book about the whole OpenSource thingy"
Thingy would not have been the term I would have used if I wrote an piece like this. It seems to me that a lot of people are jumping on the 'write an editorial and get it posted on slashdot' band wagon. This can be a Good Thing, if only the same thing wasn't being said over and over.
This is my favorite line: "My vision allows me to see a glimpse of what computers will be like in the long term and that glimpse makes me even more sick of the old." I wish I had that super power, too:)
It seems to me that the most important point Bruce was making in all of this is being lost. That is that we, as members of the open source community, have every right to decide, as a group , whether or not to accept this license as open source. It is not up to one person, or one group, or whomever owns the trademark to Open Source, but rather it is up to the users and developers.
How does it matter whether or not Bruce doesn't get along with Steve Jobs, or if Rob put the essay up just because Bruce is a well known person. Would we have listened to someone who none of us had heard of before? And would we have seen it if it wasn't on Slashdot? Let's not condemn the only tools we have as a community to voice our concerns and come to consensus.
Perhaps there was a better way Bruce could have made the message more clear. However, lets not forget the ultimate implication here. Had Bruce not brought this issue up, this decision may have been made and accepted with no thought on our part.
Now, it is time to stop bickering and time to let Apple and the rest know how we really feel. So we support it or not?
Slashdot Mirror
Has RMS ever indicated that he would have a problem taking money from an institution he has some fundamental problems with?
mine? thanks!
Lisa
we all love ya...
I think it was good of Eric to follow up to the community after his statement about potential retirement. However, I would have to suggest that, in keeping with his theme of everyone acting mature and being more together on things, that he try to do the same. I was starting to feel warm and fuzzy, until he stuck in some obvious side remarks about Bruce Perens, and his expression of feelings towards script-kiddies were just as qualified to be flames as much as any response from slashdot.
By the end, though, he did come back with a lot of good things to say about issues that really matter. He really is a great writer.
Interesting subject line...
Lisa
Thingy would not have been the term I would have used if I wrote an piece like this. It seems to me that a lot of people are jumping on the 'write an editorial and get it posted on slashdot' band wagon. This can be a Good Thing, if only the same thing wasn't being said over and over.
This is my favorite line: :)
"My vision allows me to see a glimpse of what computers will be like in the long term and that glimpse makes me even more sick of the old." I wish I had that super power, too
There's an article today that knight ridder wrote about using brainwaves for computer input. You can find the article in the Arizona Daily Star
How does it matter whether or not Bruce doesn't get along with Steve Jobs, or if Rob put the essay up just because Bruce is a well known person. Would we have listened to someone who none of us had heard of before? And would we have seen it if it wasn't on Slashdot? Let's not condemn the only tools we have as a community to voice our concerns and come to consensus.
Perhaps there was a better way Bruce could have made the message more clear. However, lets not forget the ultimate implication here. Had Bruce not brought this issue up, this decision may have been made and accepted with no thought on our part.
Now, it is time to stop bickering and time to let Apple and the rest know how we really feel. So we support it or not?
Lisa