Comments on: Why Richard Stallman and the FSF bore me. http://rjdohnert.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/why-richard-stallman-and-the-fsf-bore-me/ All About Tech Sat, 06 Dec 2008 08:49:48 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: kunduz http://rjdohnert.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/why-richard-stallman-and-the-fsf-bore-me/#comment-40875 kunduz Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:00:46 +0000 http://rjdohnert.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/why-richard-stallman-and-the-fsf-bore-me/#comment-40875 you said "I look at software as a tool. I use the tools that work best for me" ..more power to you ..he looks at software and knowledge and he believes knowledge should be freely(as in freedom of speech) available and publicly shareable FSF is a political movements ..you seem to care about practical aspects of the movement without the ideas of the movements .. ideas need to be presented in their most basic and pure form ..in practice, a lot of other considerations taken into account that may transform the idea into something that cant be reasonably formulated and a lot of corruption for practical purposes are taken into account .. you said “I look at software as a tool. I use the tools that work best for me” ..more power to you ..he looks at software and knowledge and he believes knowledge should be freely(as in freedom of speech) available and publicly shareable

FSF is a political movements ..you seem to care about practical aspects of the movement without the ideas of the movements ..

ideas need to be presented in their most basic and pure form ..in practice, a lot of other considerations taken into account that may transform the idea into something that cant be reasonably formulated and a lot of corruption for practical purposes are taken into account ..

]]> By: Erik http://rjdohnert.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/why-richard-stallman-and-the-fsf-bore-me/#comment-40865 Erik Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:44:29 +0000 http://rjdohnert.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/why-richard-stallman-and-the-fsf-bore-me/#comment-40865 Well ok. Maybe he is "a bit" fanatic but he believes open source 110% and wants spread the word. Just like Ballmer believes MS direction and spread FUD about Linux. If someone doesn't like RS/Ballmer he would just ignore him. AMD/ATI are opening up their drivers [1], Sun is make Niagara 2 open source [2], etc. Open source on open source OS is a bless. [1] http://www.fooishbar.org/blog/tech/x/amdspecs-2007-09-12-16-36.html [2] http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2230189,00.asp Well ok. Maybe he is “a bit” fanatic but he believes open source 110% and wants spread the word. Just like Ballmer believes MS direction and spread FUD about Linux. If someone doesn’t like RS/Ballmer he would just ignore him.
AMD/ATI are opening up their drivers [1], Sun is make Niagara 2 open source [2], etc. Open source on open source OS is a bless.

[1] http://www.fooishbar.org/blog/tech/x/amdspecs-2007-09-12-16-36.html
[2] http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2230189,00.asp

]]> By: Roberto J. Dohnert http://rjdohnert.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/why-richard-stallman-and-the-fsf-bore-me/#comment-40862 Roberto J. Dohnert Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:42:43 +0000 http://rjdohnert.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/why-richard-stallman-and-the-fsf-bore-me/#comment-40862 Even though Theo doesnt like binary blobs, but he doesnt go out of his way to try and make hardware vendors "do his bidding". Theo IMO is a more practical person and doesnt go on crusades claiming binary blobs to be "illegal" like Stallman and his crew does. Im not bashing Stallman, Im just saying his opinions and that of the FSF do not matter to IT workers. My employers dont tell me "Consult with Richard and find out if this is OK", they dont say " Find something open source and open source only", my employers do tell me " Find the tool that works the best and implement it" Even though Theo doesnt like binary blobs, but he doesnt go out of his way to try and make hardware vendors “do his bidding”. Theo IMO is a more practical person and doesnt go on crusades claiming binary blobs to be “illegal” like Stallman and his crew does. Im not bashing Stallman, Im just saying his opinions and that of the FSF do not matter to IT workers. My employers dont tell me “Consult with Richard and find out if this is OK”, they dont say ” Find something open source and open source only”, my employers do tell me ” Find the tool that works the best and implement it”

]]> By: kurt http://rjdohnert.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/why-richard-stallman-and-the-fsf-bore-me/#comment-40861 kurt Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:36:37 +0000 http://rjdohnert.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/why-richard-stallman-and-the-fsf-bore-me/#comment-40861 Linux bores me. All zealots, apple, linux, etc bore me. People who spell microsoft with a $ are boring. Tenured college professors with no concept of the real world bore me. People who write about boring people bore me. People who comment on blog entries about boring people are boring :-) But, I agree 100%. When all games for xbox, ps3, etc, etc, then he may be on to something, but until then, RS is just a bore. Linux bores me.
All zealots, apple, linux, etc bore me.
People who spell microsoft with a $ are boring.
Tenured college professors with no concept of the real world bore me.
People who write about boring people bore me.
People who comment on blog entries about boring people are boring :-)

But, I agree 100%. When all games for xbox, ps3, etc, etc, then he may be on to something, but until then, RS is just a bore.

]]> By: Erik http://rjdohnert.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/why-richard-stallman-and-the-fsf-bore-me/#comment-40859 Erik Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:54:28 +0000 http://rjdohnert.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/why-richard-stallman-and-the-fsf-bore-me/#comment-40859 Theo de Raadt/OpenBSD doesn't like closed source or binary blobs either. Why not bash them? Theo de Raadt/OpenBSD doesn’t like closed source or binary blobs either. Why not bash them?

]]> By: Why Richard Stallman and the FSF bore me - Noticias externas http://rjdohnert.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/why-richard-stallman-and-the-fsf-bore-me/#comment-40828 Why Richard Stallman and the FSF bore me - Noticias externas Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:07:27 +0000 http://rjdohnert.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/why-richard-stallman-and-the-fsf-bore-me/#comment-40828 [...] and or ladies here.  Does the FSF and Richard Stallman deserve as much attention as they get.Link" While many see me as attacking Richards pride and joy and as hating free software and the FSF [...] [...] and or ladies here.  Does the FSF and Richard Stallman deserve as much attention as they get.Link" While many see me as attacking Richards pride and joy and as hating free software and the FSF [...]

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