Re: [Sheflug] SCO Again

[Duncan Entwisle <family.entwisle [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The thing I find myself wondering is, just how nasty do you have to be 
to hobbyists to make them throw their hands up in the air and walk away 
in disgust?  Even if they don't walk away, they've got to spend time 
doing 'un-fun-stuff' which takes them away from doing development. 
Could this undermine the movement? I'm sure people like RMS would fight 
it out (and relish it too), but what about Linus? He's got a family, 
he's not really into the politics, could he just walk away? Even though 
the software is GPL'ed and therefore available regardless, it would be 
a huge body slam.

Duncan.

On Wednesday, November 12, 2003, at 09:56  pm, Richard wrote:
> Thought someone might like to have a look at this one...
>
> http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5106450.html
P.S. Seeing as I'm nosey, and I can't find any information anywhere - 
how is RMS's arm doing - I'd like to think that it was at least a 
little less painful now (and that he'd have picked up one-handed qwerty 
typing too).

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