[Sheflug] Re: RMS Talk

[Richard <nospam [at] sheflug.co.uk>]

Dear All

Perry Ismangil wrote:

> I see nothing wrong with that. Despite what RMS says about OSM, in
> the end I personally believe that both OSM and FSM are a good thing
> for the software community as a whole.


Yes, this is a bit like myself I suppose :) There have been times when
I would have liked to have seen more action from the FSF and other
times when I've thought that a bit more from the Open Source people
would have been helpful or useful.

I have noticed that there are times when the Open Source people were
more acceptable to business users.  Although, in a situation where the
FSF is now the steward of the copyrights for the Linux S/390 platform
it could well be the case that things will change.

I find RMS to be a breath of fresh air.  I've spent most of my life
dealing with business people and engineers and scientists who spend
something like £500M without blinking or even thinking.  The idea that
a complete project could be assembled and made to work without too
much formality does appeal to me.

Thanks

-- 
Richard

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