open source tyranny exposed

Philippe Landau lists at mailry.net
Tue Feb 15 03:37:10 UTC 2005


Bob Nielsen wrote:
>> So what can you do about it? Not much, unless the kernel maintainers 
>>ease up a little, and stop being such fundamentalistic turds.
> 
> While I understand your frustration, one could make an even stronger
> argument against the companies who will only supply binaries (which some
> say is worse than no support at all).  If the source were available to
> put into the kernel (or sufficient detail released such that a third
> party could write the necessary code,) this wouldn't be an issue.

you are right of course that closed operating systems are even worse.
but an open source hook, or script, linking to closed source
most users still need, or even want, is just as transparent as a patch.
the point is: beware the envious puritan popes and churches of linux.

kind regards     philippe





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