On Fri, 14 Jan 2005, lord grinny wrote:
Anthony Atkielski wrote:
should be against theRamiro Aceves writes:
RA> So, why do we start always the war? The real war"wars" at all.RA> Bill Gates OSes, instead of fighting among us.
Professionals and serious amateurs in IT never wageDon't they?? Then what are all the law suits about?
It should be noted here, that, by and large for the most part, lawsuits are rarely waged by the folks actually doing the toiling. The people who pour their blood, sweat, tears into the work being fought over, are rarely the ones who initiate serious nuclear level legal action. People with a passion for what they do, are typically consumed by their passion for it. I should know. I love any damned thing with a circuit.
An example is the SCO suit. This is a purely greed motivated lawsuit. No serious I.T. Professional, one who actually gives a damn about the profession, is behind it really. Sure, there are lines of debate. But, in my experience, serious IT folks just love playing with their toys. They could care less about waging wars for money in the typical business fashion.
This is why software patent debates are all the rage, atm. It inhibits being able to make new toys from old ones. Imagine child A, suing child B, because child B has built something with his lego's that vaguely resembles something that child A built. The vague resemblence in this case, is that blocks were stuck together to make something.
That's a very vanilla way to sum it all up. Generic, if you will. But, in the end, I just want to point out, legal wars arent started very often by people who sign up for mailing lists such as these. They are generally started and waged by the people wishing to make money off the work of people who sign up for mailing lists such as these. It's an important distinction, and one that shouldnt be lost in the mix of voices.
More to the point, I think, by and large, religious OS wars are what you expect from packet kiddies sitting in #warez on some IRC network. It certianly dosent belong here. And, such folks are not I.T. professionals.
This is a list, where, I have seen, you are treated according to how you act. If you act like a child, you will be treated as such. No war, no agression. The person who started this thread, acted like a crying little child, because, he couldnt have what he wanted, when he wanted, and how he wanted it. FreeBSD is not the 4 seasons. It's a hostel. You get what you pay for. And, how you carry yourself, is going to reflect on how you are percieved.
If you cannot deal with that, then, you maybe need to find somewhere else to go. FreeBSD won't die because Boris can't get his motherboard to work. FreeBSD will however, suffer if it tolerates people like Boris, who after not getting the answer they wanted, troll and instigate flame wars.
It's why its always safest to give a little giggle, and move on. No flame war needed. =)
Just my $0.02. =)
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