Why does an open source project need a leader? Just sit the code on a site somewhere. Sourceforge is an obvious option, but sunsite would also be an idea. If anyone wants to mess with the code it's there; if they want to seriously pick up development, they can. Look at joe, it's been at version 2.8 for as long as I care to remember.
IBM's Microdrive pedantically adheres to the CompactFlash II standard. The speed is _restricted_ so that the device adheres to the standard. And also, what makes you think we want to attract big software producers to the "Linux community"? We can write our own software, do it better and make it free. So to you, good sir, I say: fuck off and take your wallet enlarging values with you.
Canadians are sent south of the border to get treatment they can't get in Canada because the
*nation's* medicare system can't afford the necessary equipment.
Sure, it'll cost you a bit more down there, but you pay around 15% less income tax (don't forget the
provincial income taxes), very few sales taxes, fewer hidden taxes (EI/CPP)... All told, I would
personally come out ahead in that game.
To say nothing of the differences in quality of care and waiting lists.....
I think this post points out most Americans' attitude. Quite obviously, the amount of taxes that are being paid is the primary concern, and what they provide is only an afterthought.
This goes to the heart of much of my personal concern and, it would seem, many/. readers' concerns. Americans care about money. American corporations only care about money. American corporations have lots of money and hence power. They do not use this power ethically nor are required to.
OK, I hate America and Americans. I'm British and I have been to America. I didn't like it. These are the reasons why I hate America. I'm not trolling; I would like to see each of these points responded to as I am genuinely interested in how an American can justify staying in their country while these conditions exist:
Microsoft paid no federal tax last year.
Homophobia is a wide-spread and accepted state of mind.
There are certain diseases (I can't remember which) which if a US school teacher contracts, will kill them. This is not because there is no treatment, but because the state will not pay them enough to survive. American governing bodies do not provide the people who teach American children with enough income for them to live disturbingly common circumstances.
I can accidentally walk onto somebody's front lawn and be legally killed with a pistol in America.
If I lived in America, I could not go to my doctor without fearing if what he tells me will cause my bankrupcy.
All of these, combined with America's international influence.
I've got to say that I take extreme offense from having my country (Britain) called "America" because we speak the same language. We are not like you, you are not like us, we are not the same. We don't even speak the same dialects.
Remember that not everybody that reads/. is American!
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Why does an open source project need a leader? Just sit the code on a site somewhere. Sourceforge is an obvious option, but sunsite would also be an idea. If anyone wants to mess with the code it's there; if they want to seriously pick up development, they can. Look at joe, it's been at version 2.8 for as long as I care to remember.
IBM's Microdrive pedantically adheres to the CompactFlash II standard. The speed is _restricted_ so that the device adheres to the standard. And also, what makes you think we want to attract big software producers to the "Linux community"? We can write our own software, do it better and make it free. So to you, good sir, I say: fuck off and take your wallet enlarging values with you.
"Customer driven"? What do you take us for?
Canadians are sent south of the border to get treatment they can't get in Canada because the *nation's* medicare system can't afford the necessary equipment.
Sure, it'll cost you a bit more down there, but you pay around 15% less income tax (don't forget the provincial income taxes), very few sales taxes, fewer hidden taxes (EI/CPP)... All told, I would personally come out ahead in that game.
To say nothing of the differences in quality of care and waiting lists.....
I think this post points out most Americans' attitude. Quite obviously, the amount of taxes that are being paid is the primary concern, and what they provide is only an afterthought.
This goes to the heart of much of my personal concern and, it would seem, many /. readers' concerns. Americans care about money. American corporations only care about money. American corporations have lots of money and hence power. They do not use this power ethically nor are required to.
OK, I hate America and Americans. I'm British and I have been to America. I didn't like it. These are the reasons why I hate America. I'm not trolling; I would like to see each of these points responded to as I am genuinely interested in how an American can justify staying in their country while these conditions exist:
I've got to say that I take extreme offense from having my country (Britain) called "America" because we speak the same language. We are not like you, you are not like us, we are not the same. We don't even speak the same dialects.
/. is American!
Remember that not everybody that reads
Should Wales really be considered the "Wild Wild West?"