____/ Peter Köhlmann on Wednesday 26 September 2007 15:52 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> ____/ Peter Köhlmann on Wednesday 26 September 2007 13:52 : \____
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> ____/ Peter Köhlmann on Wednesday 26 September 2007 10:23 : \____
>>>>
>>>>> Kier wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:38:06 +0200, Peter Köhlmann wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Kier wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 05:50:59 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I think it's a bit different from Linspire because Linspire had a
>>>>>>>>> wealthy founder and an actual company behind it. By the way,
>>>>>>>>> Freespire 2.0.4 (IIRC) was released a few days ago, but I no longer
>>>>>>>>> post much Linspire and Xandros news here. They are traitors (the
>>>>>>>>> software equiv. of treason) and they will gradually run out of
>>>>>>>>> business. Microsoft paid them many millions to choose this route.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So, all the hard working developers and satisfied users of Linspire
>>>>>>>> and XandrOS are traitors, are they? Nice language. I'm sure they'll
>>>>>>>> be overjoyed to hear that.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Well, they don't listen to the GPL3 god.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> They don't seem to be going out of business, either.
>>>>>
>>>>> I shure hope so. Diversity is an asset for linux, not a liability
>>>>> As much as the GPL3 cultists want to make believe that only their god
>>>>> is the right one, and any other thinking is the direct way to MS-hell
>>>>
>>>> What does GPLv3 have to do with this? You've transformed this debate
>>>> into something which it is not.
>>>
>>> /quote
>>> They are traitors (the software equiv. of treason) and they will
>>> gradually run out of business. Microsoft paid them many millions to
>>> choose this route.
>>> /unquote
>>>
>>> Do you recognize your own words?
>>>
>>> You are one of those GPL3 cultists who thinks that Novell, Linspire and
>>> Xandros are evil for the sole reason that they are actually talking and
>>> doing business with MS
>>>
>>> Excuse me for thinking that you guys are simply quite silly
>>>
>>>
>>> "software equiv. of treason"
>>>
>>> If you attempted to sound as idiotic as DFS, billwg or Hadron, you
>>> succeeded quite well
>>>
>>> < snip >
>>
>> Strongg word, but to use a better analogy, they spat in the well we all
>> drink from.
>>
>
> So you say
> And I say that diversity is better. Different approaches to linux, for
> different kinds of users. You know, that "choice" thingy
>
> You are arguing the Hadron Quark way, only *your* "approved" choices are OK.
> The choices of other people don't count. Naturally not, as they are not
> yours
Fair enough, Peter, but be aware that the contracts signed are bad news to
Linux /as a whole/. It's a divide-and-conquer strategy, as in "we'll give you
lots of money to screw everybody else." And it has been effectively, sadly
enough.
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