[Lancaster] GNU

[Wayne Ward]

wow seems a bit far from the gnu/linux subject  - i dont have a bloody  
clue what your on about!
sounds like your not a fan so thats a NO then!!

peace
Wayne

On 15 Dec 2009, at 16:41, mp wrote:

>
>
> andy baxter wrote:
>> Wayne Ward wrote:
>>> ha ha cheers john !! good bloody point!!
>>> i have  lot of respect for the guy and his contribution not only to
>>> linux and the gnu
>>> i certainly dont mind supporting advertising the gnu :)
>>>
>>> any yer dude i talked the guy respect :)
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I agree that it's good to give credit to GNU for the work they did  
>> (even
>> though it's a losing battle that Stallman is fighting on this  
>> point, as
>> far as I can see).
>
> Indeed, it is a losing battle - and that is what he shares with
> anarchists, extra-parliamentary socialists, environmentalists and even
> liberal human rights activists struggling to make a better and just
> world; but that it is a losing battle does not mean that the battle
> should be abandoned, does it?
>
> Although it might be nice to be on the side that's winning, the  
> losers'
> side look like the place to be, at least to me.
>
> That said, he is not exactly an easy person to discuss with!
>
> -martin
> (currently finishing a thesis with a philosophical and political
> analysis of Free Software that includes excerpts from more than 100
> emails exchanged with Mr. Stallman, in case that sort of thing  
> interests
> anyone..)
>
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Wayne Ward

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