Anyone see todays Wall Street Journal article: Microsoft Using
Jordan Hubbard
freebsd-hackers list. Perhaps you should confine your sentiments to
less public venues.
- Jordan
From: "Jeffrey M. Reed" <jmr7...@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: Anyone see todays Wall Street Journal article: Microsoft Using Free Software (or something to that effect)
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 22:23:31 -0400
> stop being bastards. heh. i don't give a rat's ass about
> any of this. it just makes me mad/laugh that people are
> dumb enough to buy into that .net/hotmail/subscription
> based bullshit and other stuff. if you use it, i really
> don't care. in fact, M$ has been swell about helping the
> economy and all that shit...helping people get jobs. i just
> can't stand the fact that while 2K is decent, 'Me' is a
> piece of crap and they sell it to these poor stupid
> AOL/email people (hey, what the hell...i used to be one)
> and they slap the all-american M$ label on it and...ARGH!
>
> i'm not making any points here so screw it.
>
> go program something already.
>
> :)
>
> besides, a devil is much more macho than a gay little
> pastel colored window or something dumb called
> 'Me'...fucking marketing geniouses.
>
> >:\
>
> and, i have nothing against gay people either...as long as
> they're not playing loud GAY music that i can hear.
> hehehhehehhe.
>
>
> On Tuesday 19 June 2001 21:42, Jordan Hubbard wrote:
> > From: "Jeremiah Johnson" <jjoh...@au.yahoo-inc.com>
> > Subject: RE: Anyone see todays Wall Street Journal
> > article: Microsoft Using Free Software (or something to
> > that effect) Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 10:03:46 +1000
> >
> > > That's the BSD license for ya.
> > >
> > > There needs to be a license that says something to the
> > > effect of "Anyone can use/buy/sell/modify/distribute
> > > this software with or without source code except
> > > Microsoft."
> >
> > Why? I'd personally be happy if Microsoft software was
> > made a lot easier to use by incorporating BSD stuff.
> > Imagine, a Windows 2000 firewall that didn't suck rocks,
> > or DHCP renegotiation that didn't drop all my active
> > connections by default when my modem hung up
> > unexpectedly... It would be nice!
> >
> > The only thing people are really slamming Microsoft here
> > is being hypocritical. Actually using BSD code is an
> > action I support for any value of the licensee string. :)
> >
> > - Jordan
> >
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Dave Hayes
> The only thing people are really slamming Microsoft here is being
> hypocritical. Actually using BSD code is an action I support for any
> value of the licensee string. :)
Oh there's a lot more to slam them about.
They have this idea that proprietary standards will force a free
marketplace to refrain from competitive selection.
It seems to work too.
So you want us to show restraint? Make it so we don't have to deal
with blinded consumers who's pro-microsoft rantings resemble the
religious fervor of a tent revival. ;)
Finding out that they've been using BSD code all along only rubs salt
in the wounds.
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Dave Hayes - Consultant - Altadena CA, USA - da...@jetcafe.org
>>> The opinions expressed above are entirely my own <<<
"Trying to control information in the network age is about as successful as
pissing into the wind."
- Keith Henson, in an article on the AABBS prosecution,
_Computer_underground_Digest_, Jan. 21, 1995.