Although I use and appreciate GNU software I don't generally agree with the Fascist Software Foudation's contradictory tenents and general attitude, and this post makes some good points I agree with. (Congrats, on the UNG web site too. Check it out.)
First of all, Richard Stallman is legendary coder that has made a huge contribution to Linux and software as a whole. He has contributed *greatly*. I totally give him that. And Open Source/Free Software/whatever you want to call it is a great thing. Who would disagree? But the point is that RMS has no business trying to force his own label onto anything that isn't his!
True, Linux couldn't be possible with contributions from GNU, but the Linux kernel is the center of it all that brings it all together. And there are plenty of other factors too, already mentioned, that made it what it is.
And as for GNU, GNU's Not UNIX? The hell it isn't. It's a Unix clone man, give me a break! If GNU's not Unix, then Linux certainly isn't GNU. He/FSF/GNU already has an OS! It's called Hurd, and it's been slow in developing (at least compared to Linux) and it is at the feeble stage of a 0.3 release.
If RMS want's to own the name of an OS then he should finish the one that he started! Why can't he be happy knowing what a great conribution he's already made? He's certainly has enough credit and recognition in the hacker/linux community. Dictating to people how things should be named, and what common ordinary words mean just makes him look bad.
If you want to be part of a cause for freedom, join a *real* cause like Freedom for Tibet, or something involving, you know...like real live people. I don't just get how anyone can honestly get so wrapped up in this ideal, abstract "It is my life's mission to to free the source code" bogusness.
How about if you stop whining about how the latest RH 6.0 doesn't cost $80... It does cost that much - if you want support and the applications. And the $80 version is the one that you're going to see in the stores and the one that's going to be pushed to first time buyers.
You miss the whole point. The $40 version is for "hard core Linux users", i.e non-business types.
This is a case of a person running an ISP who wants to support RedHat by buying their products. That includes the application CD and support.
It's ridiculous to expect a person running a business, who doesn't have a lot of time to spare, and who wants help for their problems or questions. They are not going to spend a lot of time tweaking things and learning how things work, like the typical personal user might. They want it to work out of the box. And what would happen if a business or just a regular Joe wants to try linux. RedHat is likely to be the distro since it's emerging as leader. And what if they are unsatisfied with what they get for the price. Linux as a whole gets a bad name.
I don't know why so many people feel compeled to rabidly defend RedHat. They are *not* above criticism, and it is *not* "bashing" to have a legitimate complaint. Like any other business they are out to make money as the first priority. That's fine, but they should be held accountable for what they put out. Especially considering how much they're charging.
that the leader of Gnome, which is the desktop environment that Red Hat has chosen to run with, feels so compeled to defend their reputation. Miguel is a great guy, but I think you'd have to admit his opinion has been biased by RedHat's support of his project.
True, RedHat has contributed a lot to Linux, and they do make a good distribution, but let's not turn a blind eye to any potential criticism. Some of the "bashing" I've heard about RedHat that I think is valid is this:
1)The hype. Both their latest 6.0 release, and 5.0 were somewhat hastily put out with more than a few glitches in them. Compared this to Debian which puts out new releases according to when they think it's ready, not when their marketing or sales dept say so (like all commercial software companies). And GNOME can be accused of this too. GNOME may be getting a lot of attention, and the support of RedHat, but let's face it, KDE is much more stable and much less hyped.
2)Price, e.g, the $80 price tag for their latest distribution. I would certainly hope they support further linux development with this kind of inflated price they're charging people. I think this could indicate an attitude of greed which justifies comparisons to Micro$oft.
3)A number of accounts of a growing arrogance from within the company. This is what it all boils down to. If RedHat is not appreciative of the fact the what they "produce" is the result of the generous work of a whole community of people, and if they are only looking out for RedHat making a buck then there is definite reason to keep a wary eye on them.
Yeah, I don't see why everyone hates DiCaprio so much. My own initial impression of him was when I saw "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?", an interesting non-mainstream movie. He did a great job of playing a retarded kid. In fact he did such a good job at the role that it wasn't until much later that I realized that it was him when I read a magazine article about it. I thought, "Oh he was that retarded kid" He did a good job in Woody Allen's "Celebrity" too, as the decadent movie star punk (was this a stretch for him?). Not that I'm a big fan or anything, but I don't the whole Titanic heartthrob thing against him. As for playing Vader, I think he could pull it off pretty well. The only problem I would see would be that any well known celebrity might detract from the formula. Maybe a sturdier, more intense unknown type would be the best choice. BTW, let's hope that they cut out as much of that cutesy crap as possible and put a different twist on it by having a different director come in and do it. Imagine, David Lynch, or Tim Burton, or David Cronenburg. Now THAT would be interesting.
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Although I use and appreciate GNU software I don't generally agree with the
Fascist Software Foudation's contradictory tenents and general attitude, and this post makes some good points I agree with. (Congrats, on the UNG web site too. Check it out.)
First of all, Richard Stallman is legendary coder that has made a huge contribution to Linux and software as a whole. He has contributed *greatly*. I totally give him that.
And Open Source/Free Software/whatever you want to call it is a great thing. Who would disagree?
But the point is that RMS has no business trying to force his own label onto anything that isn't his!
True, Linux couldn't be possible with contributions from GNU, but the Linux kernel is the center of it all that brings it all together. And there are plenty of other factors too, already mentioned, that made it what it is.
And as for GNU, GNU's Not UNIX? The hell it isn't. It's a Unix clone man, give me a break! If GNU's not Unix, then Linux certainly isn't GNU.
He/FSF/GNU already has an OS! It's called Hurd, and it's been slow in developing (at least compared to Linux) and it is at the feeble stage of a 0.3 release.
If RMS want's to own the name of an OS then he should finish the one that he started! Why can't he be happy knowing what a great conribution he's already made? He's certainly has enough credit and recognition in the hacker/linux community.
Dictating to people how things should be named, and what common ordinary words mean just makes him look bad.
If you want to be part of a cause for freedom, join a *real* cause like Freedom for Tibet, or something involving, you know...like real live people. I don't just get how anyone can honestly get so wrapped up in this ideal, abstract "It is my life's mission to to free the source code" bogusness.
How about if you stop whining about how the latest RH 6.0 doesn't cost $80...
It does cost that much - if you want support and the applications. And the $80 version is the one that you're going to see in the stores and the one that's going to be pushed to first time buyers.
You miss the whole point. The $40 version is for "hard core Linux users", i.e non-business types.
This is a case of a person running an ISP who wants to support RedHat by buying their products. That includes the application CD and support.
It's ridiculous to expect a person running a business, who doesn't have a lot of time to spare, and who wants help for their problems or questions. They are not going to spend a lot of time tweaking things and learning how things work, like the typical personal user might. They want it to work out of the box.
And what would happen if a business or just a regular Joe wants to try linux. RedHat is likely to be the distro since it's emerging as leader. And what if they are unsatisfied with what they get for the price. Linux as a whole gets a bad name.
I don't know why so many people feel compeled to rabidly defend RedHat. They are *not* above criticism, and it is *not* "bashing" to have a legitimate complaint. Like any other business they are out to make money as the first priority. That's fine, but they should be held accountable for what they put out. Especially considering how much they're charging.
that the leader of Gnome, which is the desktop environment that Red Hat has chosen to run with, feels so compeled to defend their reputation.
Miguel is a great guy, but I think you'd have to admit his opinion has been biased by RedHat's support of his project.
True, RedHat has contributed a lot to Linux, and they do make a good distribution, but let's not turn a blind eye to any potential criticism.
Some of the "bashing" I've heard about RedHat that I think is valid is this:
1)The hype. Both their latest 6.0 release, and 5.0 were somewhat hastily put out with more than a few glitches in them. Compared this to Debian which puts out new releases according to when they think it's ready, not when their marketing or sales dept say so (like all commercial software companies).
And GNOME can be accused of this too. GNOME may be getting a lot of attention, and the support of RedHat, but let's face it, KDE is much more stable and much less hyped.
2)Price, e.g, the $80 price tag for their latest distribution. I would certainly hope they support further linux development with this kind of inflated price they're charging people. I think this could indicate an attitude of greed which justifies comparisons to Micro$oft.
3)A number of accounts of a growing arrogance from within the company. This is what it all boils down to. If RedHat is not appreciative of the fact the what they "produce" is the result of the generous work of a whole community of people, and if they are only looking out for RedHat making a buck then there is definite reason to keep a wary eye on them.
Yeah, I don't see why everyone hates DiCaprio so much.
My own initial impression of him was when I saw "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?", an interesting non-mainstream movie. He did a great job of playing a retarded kid. In fact he did such a good job at the role that it wasn't until much later that I realized that it was him when I read a magazine article about it. I thought, "Oh he was that retarded kid"
He did a good job in Woody Allen's "Celebrity" too, as the decadent movie star punk (was this a stretch for him?). Not that I'm a big fan or anything, but I don't the whole Titanic heartthrob thing against him.
As for playing Vader, I think he could pull it off pretty well. The only problem I would see would be that any well known celebrity might detract from the formula.
Maybe a sturdier, more intense unknown type would be the best choice.
BTW, let's hope that they cut out as much of that cutesy crap as possible and put a different twist on it by having a different director come in and do it.
Imagine, David Lynch, or Tim Burton, or David Cronenburg. Now THAT would be interesting.