At 01:16 PM 12/19/2000, John Baldwin wrote:
> >>We have a saying in Denmark, which I'm sure exist in as many forms
> >>as there are languages in the world:
> >>
> >> "A thief belive everybody steals."
> >>
> >>Dennis, considering the recorded history of your arguments in our
> >>mailing list archives, hearing you come out and praise closed source
> >>drivers for open source OS's rings very very hollow.
> >
> > did you even read my comments, you blubbering moron? lol. I said NOTHING
> > about theft. Zero. I guess you dont read english very well.
>
>Umm. Dennis, there's this part of English called "figurative language". It
>involves things like similes, metaphors, etc. I suggest you go read up on
>it.
>Things like poetry, humor, etc. really depend on you understanding how it
>works. Even elementary school English classses in the U.S. cover such
>language
>basics.
Mr Kamps comments are also "Well documented". I would think that EVERYONE
on this list would be offended by his insinuation that anyone that uses
FreeBSD and doesnt contribute source to FreeBSD is stealing. Where is that
outcry on that ridiculous idea? If you are offended by people using your
code then you should get out of the free source business. (haha, " business
", now thats a metaphor!)
There are other ways to contribute than to contribute source. How many
advertising dollars has Mr Kamp spent promoting the use of FreeBSD?
Thousands of users use FreeBSD enhanced with our "contributions". We spend
tens of thousands of dollars advertising them, indirectly advertising
FreeBSD in the process.
People buy products because they think that they are worth the price. The
fact that so many people are willing to pay for the enhancements we provide
is prima facia evidence of our contribution.
Im sorry so few of you understand.
>Well, since you didn't get Poul's idiom, here's the native US version:
>
>"It takes one to know one."
>
>His point being that your claim that the original poster had lost all
>credibility in your judgement is rather hypocritical.
It wasnt hypocritical. Anyone who selects an inferior product simply
because it has source is more than un credible; hes a fool and an incompetent.
I use both binary and source products. I use what is best. I pay for
netware because it is better than NFS. I dont need source. It works.
DB
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