[oclug]For the Mac / Linux fans

[Raj]

On Fri, 2003-01-10 at 09:21, Brad Barnett wrote:

> If you look at the people that are using BSD code today, you can certainly
> see the BSD is essentially our enemy in many respects.  Microsoft, Apple,
> and I'm sure other Unixes have grabbed small pieces here or there.  This
> is like giving state secrets to the enemy.  This is giving ammo to the
> other side.  This is, effectively, treason.  


er.  pardon me, but isn't that micro$oft's primary concern about opening
up their source code?  'secrets to the enemy..'   maybe i'm misreading
what you've said, but aren't you indirectly advocating closed source?

> Keep in mind, this is a _war_ we are in here.  Even if you don't think you
> are a war, the other side does.  Apple and Microsoft want Linux dead, the
> kernel destroy, the source outlawed.  IBM and others want it alive, but as
> controlled as possible.  In a sense, Linux is a little like Canada was
> during the Cold War.  If the Soviet Union and the US had a war, many
> thought it would take place over and on our soil.

war?  nah.  competition.  may the better os win (and we all know which
one that is!) 


> This is Linux's fate.
> 

fate is only what you decide to make it.

cheers!
--Raj.


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