> And we fucking wrote the software that Red Hat > sells.
They don't sell the software, because it's free - or have you never heard of the GPL?
> They're auctioning my software off on the New > York Stock Exchange to the highest bidder, and I > can't take part!
Uh...they're selling shares in a company, not selling the software.
I can't believe the hypocrisy evident here. First, you claim to be morally superior because you wrote "free" software, then as soon as there is a buck to be made by a company whose business is *related* to that software complain that it's being stolen from you!
I don't see you volunteering to do end-user support of Red Hat Linux installations...
> We know Red Hat, and we believe in it. We've > created it. We know the stock will do well.
"We've created it"?!? I suppose the founders and initial investors in Red Hat just sat around twiddling their thumbs?
"We know the stock will do well"? What arrogance! Tell me, why should a company which had revenues of $10.79 million be worth $666 million? I bet you didn't even do the simple task of looking up the number of outstanding shares expected after the IPO times the expected IPO price. Never mind that, you *know* the stock will do well.
> This isn't about hackers wanting money for code > they gave away for free. We hack for love > -- and respect.
To be more accurate, it would seem that the writer hacks for the "love and respect" only of those people he deems worthy, those who are ideologically aligned. Certainly he doesn't seem to have much "love and respect" for anyone else.
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I love Python too, and am a fan of *NIX, but
your conclusion is more than a little bit off;
Python is available for Windows.
How long is your script? :-) :-)
Mine's 6 lines, 272 characters.
Including "#!/usr/local/bin/python"
> And we fucking wrote the software that Red Hat
> sells.
They don't sell the software, because it's
free - or have you never heard of the GPL?
> They're auctioning my software off on the New
> York Stock Exchange to the highest bidder, and I
> can't take part!
Uh...they're selling shares in a company, not
selling the software.
I can't believe the hypocrisy evident here.
First, you claim to be morally superior because
you wrote "free" software, then as soon as there
is a buck to be made by a company whose business
is *related* to that software complain that
it's being stolen from you!
I don't see you volunteering to do end-user
support of Red Hat Linux installations...
> We know Red Hat, and we believe in it. We've
> created it. We know the stock will do well.
"We've created it"?!? I suppose the founders and
initial investors in Red Hat just sat around
twiddling their thumbs?
"We know the stock will do well"? What arrogance!
Tell me, why should a company which had revenues
of $10.79 million be worth $666 million? I bet
you didn't even do the simple task of looking
up the number of outstanding shares expected
after the IPO times the expected IPO price.
Never mind that, you *know* the stock will
do well.
> This isn't about hackers wanting money for code
> they gave away for free. We hack for love
> -- and respect.
To be more accurate, it would seem that the writer
hacks for the "love and respect" only of those
people he deems worthy, those who are
ideologically aligned. Certainly he doesn't
seem to have much "love and respect"
for anyone else.