Am Fri, 28.Sep.2001 um 07:39:16AM +0200, schrieb discussion-request@fsfeurope.org:
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 11:56:20 +0200 From: Bernhard Reiter bernhard@intevation.de To: "Bradley M. Kuhn" bkuhn@gnu.org Cc: Volker Dormeyer V.Dormeyer@t-online.de, discussion@fsfeurope.org Subject: Re: FSF Europe at the System 2001 (Munich/Germany)
LinuxTag vs. GNU/LinuxTag
Too bad. We should make an effort to get them to change the name. Do you know the organizers?
Yes we know them, chances are very low.
We should be happy about the attention. The work of the FSF, GNU People is not in vain! GNU transports values like: Quality, Stability, Reliability!
Yesterday, I started a Linux-Workshop. The people are seeking for these values. Quality does NOT come to you in a day, not even a LinuxDay!
cu at systems, munich
Klaus Kappel
We should be happy about the attention. The work of the FSF, GNU People is not in vain! GNU transports values like: Quality, Stability, Reliability!
Now that's not bad, but it should transport only one single value: freedom.
It is infinitely more valuable to use a program that's free than one that's stable and reliable. Stability and reliability are wonderful side-effects of free software, but the main point is that software is free.
I personally don't give a damn on whose CEO thinks that "Open Source" is a great idea. I care about software that I can learn from, software that I can modify: Software that I can put to real use other than point and click on some stupid buttons that some marketroid thought useful.
I care about software that allows ME to let ME use MY computer for WHATEVER purpose I want, and that allows ME to share that with my fellow humans.
Everything else is plainly useful, but not really relevant.
regards, Volker
Hi, Volker Schlecht wrote:
We should be happy about the attention. The work of the FSF, GNU People is not in vain! GNU transports values like: Quality, Stability, Reliability!
Now that's not bad, but it should transport only one single value: freedom.
It is infinitely more valuable to use a program that's free than one that's stable and reliable. Stability and reliability are wonderful side-effects of free software, but the main point is that software is free.
I personally don't give a damn on whose CEO thinks that "Open Source" is a great idea. I care about software that I can learn from, software that I can modify: Software that I can put to real use other than point and click on some stupid buttons that some marketroid thought useful.
I care about software that allows ME to let ME use MY computer for WHATEVER purpose I want, and that allows ME to share that with my fellow humans.
Everything else is plainly useful, but not really relevant.
regards, Volker
My sentiments exactly. Watch the caps though when you try to explain this to someone else ;)
-- Fairy Tale, n.: A horror story to prepare children for the newspapers.
cya, Wim