[Klug-general] Bill Gates made Frankenstein Software Industry

[Alan Pope]

On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 01:45:33PM +0000, Karl Lattimer wrote:
> To be honest Alan, I think you shouldn't really make requests like this,

Why? You're suggesting that it's okay for people to whitter on about any old 
crap on the list and nobody is allowed to protest. That's not open that's 
madness. 

> With a free and open list, which discusses free and open topics, you
> can't ask other people to stop talking about something because you have
> tired of it, it contradicts the notion of freedom, and openness. 
> 

Of course you can _ask_ people to stop. Whether they comply or carry on is 
another matter.

> I for one found the recent round of speculation quite interesting.
> 

That really doesn't surprise me in the slightest.

Al.