[Freedos-user] Richard Stallman concerns...

First off, I think too much has been said and a lot of it is troubling. Partially and undeniably because Richard Stallman is a hard person for many folks to relate to. I've never met him, but I've known for a long time that he has a really bad reputation as an anti social individual. I've known abo

Re: [Freedos-user] FSF

Hi, TK Chia: In practical terms, I am especially worried that I might have to pore over the Codes of Conduct of conferences to look for hidden gotchas. Play the ball, not the man. Or consider whether what you utter gives more light than heat. When things get to "Oo, you, you you, you shouldn'

Re: [Freedos-user] FSF

Exactly! :D Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Wednesday, March 31, 2021 7:13 PM, Bryan Kilgallin wrote: > Thanks, Rugxulo: > > > Just > > because someone doesn't agree with him, even if he speaks > > egregious words, doesn't mean he should be destroyed. >

Re: [Freedos-user] FSF

+1 Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Wednesday, March 31, 2021 7:08 PM, Rugxulo wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 12:04 AM dmccunney dennis.mccun...@gmail.com wrote: > > > Meanwhile, I'm beyond caring about Stallman or the state of the FSF. > > Both

Re: [Freedos-user] FSF

Hello Rugxulo, but that doesn't mean he should be heavily punished. Just because someone doesn't agree with him, even if he speaks egregious words, doesn't mean he should be destroyed. I reject that kind of irrational anger (especially You cannot have it both ways. Either opinions are harmles

[Freedos-user] New FreeDOSers Monthly Reminder

-- We have only a few rules for posting to the FreeDOS mailing lists: 1. NO HATE SPEECH OR BULLYING Make sure everyone feels safe. Bullying of any kind isn't allowed, and degrading comments about things like race, religi

Re: [Freedos-user] FSF

On 3/31/2021 4:35 PM, Liam Proven wrote: It appears that someone here does not fully and properly understand this issue, and it is you, Ralf. Sorry but no, it is YOU (and some others). Just read the original letter from the MIT student that started all of this (Yes, you still can find this afte

Re: [Freedos-user] FSF

> On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 12:04 AM dmccunney wrote: > > > > Meanwhile, I'm beyond caring about Stallman or the state of the FSF. > > Both deserve whatever happens to them. On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 6:10 PM Rugxulo wrote: [..] > He's [Stallman] not perfect. He doesn't have to be. If we can't deal w

Re: [Freedos-user] FSF

On Tue, 30 Mar 2021 at 21:12, Ralf Quint wrote: > > Well, RSM is just all around one miserable excuse of a human being. RMS, not RSM. He shares his initials with the mathematical concept root mean square. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_mean_square > The basic issue at hand isn't that much

Re: [Freedos-user] FSF

On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 9:29 PM Bryan Kilgallin wrote: > > What clout does the FreeDOS community have? If our outfit is affiliated > or disaffiliates from FSF, does that make any difference? How is this > going to affect the lot of FSF women? > FreeDOS may be a small open source project - but re

Re: [Freedos-user] FSF

On Tue, 30 Mar 2021 at 15:02, Adam Nielsen via Freedos-user wrote: > > > Even today, where is NT lite from Microsoft? > > Do you mean Windows PE? AFAIK that's available for free, even though > it's not open source. I don't think so, no. PE is a limited live runtime Windows for booting off extern

Re: [Freedos-user] FSF

Thanks, Rugxulo: Just because someone doesn't agree with him, even if he speaks egregious words, doesn't mean he should be destroyed. "I Disapprove of What You Say, But I Will Defend to the Death Your Right to Say It" Evelyn Beatrice Hall -- members.iinet.net.au/~kilgallin/ __

Re: [Freedos-user] FSF

Hi, On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 12:04 AM dmccunney wrote: > > Meanwhile, I'm beyond caring about Stallman or the state of the FSF. > Both deserve whatever happens to them. It might be more honest (only guessing here) to admit that "He stresses me out, I can't deal with him, I don't understand him, a

Re: [Freedos-user] FSF

Hi, On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 2:12 PM Ralf Quint wrote: > > Someone who as a public person makes comments like this is just one of the most despicable persons. There are no two ways about it. > And if someone doesn't understand this issue at hand is part of the problem... His public or private opi

Re: [Freedos-user] 1-2-3 rows and columns before SVGA text modes

On 3/31/2021 7:54 AM, Felix Miata wrote:

Re: [Freedos-user] FSF

Hi, >From all the posts I have read on this thread, this is my own favourite. I mostly agree with what is being said by Dennis. On Wed, 31 Mar 2021 at 07:05, dmccunney wrote: > 2. The FSF is increasingly *irrelevant*. Open Source has *won*. It is > long past the days when an advocacy organizat

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