On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, Nick Busigin wrote: > Actually, I prefer a gold CD with black marker written on it. It's more > likely to be up to date than one of the more "commercial" offerings from a > more established CD vendor.
Yeah, it's this homegrown/grassroots approach that's made free software a success in the first place. I think what has to go is the belief that if it's done by a community of individuals, rather than corporations, it's somehow bad or sub-par. Culturally speaking, corporate disenfranchisement is going on all across the board, and has been for several years. Spending time and resources creating the illusion of a corporate product with its gloss and style over substance is wasteful and imho the wrong direction. Not that I oppose appropriate design or attractiveness -- not at all. But a thing can look nice while retaining its heritage -- in this case, a cooperative global youth community of individuals. m Michael Stutz | DESIGN SCIENCE LABS http://dsl.org/m | Hypermedia, Internet, Linux/GNU bumper stickers,indie rock,rants | Linux: http://dsl.org -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
