Re: The Free Software Definition - Free Software Foundation

[mdj <mdj.mdj@gmail.com>]

On Oct 27, 2:17 am, "Bill Buckels" <bbuck...@mts.net> wrote:
> >There's plenty of room for multiple ideologies. Surely you can see the
> >hypocrisy of insisting the ones you disagree with be destroyed as
>
> they're 'totalitarian' ? ;-)
>
> I don't remember insisting that anything be destroyed and I would challenge
> you on the correctness of your use of the word "hypocrisy" and "insisting"
> except I have better things to do and I assume so do you. But if you want to
> see destructive:
>
> http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/boycottTrendMicro.html

Yet another example of Company A trying to sue Company B out of
existence using a questionable software patent. Yes, there's a lot of
this sort of thing in our industry and I agree it's destructive.

> >:-) It looks a lot worse when you cut out the example I gave. Ironic isn't
> >it that you call me a pitbull, but by not actually responding to my counter
> >points and simply restating your own, you're actually practicing 'dogma'
>
> I am just lazy in not responding to your counter-points and freely admit it.
> I also did not want to try to polish a turd. It really makes a mess:)
>
> I hope the software that you write is as good as your debating skills. I
> must remember never to respond  to any of your further challenges since it
> is an ocean which could drown all the animals in Noah's Ark. This should not
> be construed as a newsgroup being analoguous to Noah's Ark unless of course
> you wish to...

Oh dear. Bill, did you actually read that remark before posting it?
Thanks for the compliment. One thing I have learned is that once
people start making fools of themselves, they can do so without any
further assistance from me.

Matt