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Re: OT Re: Hebrew & Linux from IBM?
I also saw the article and there were a quite a few thinsg that
irretated me:
* Dudi Goldman does not seem to understand that all that Linux is
doing, has been doing, and will be doing is kernel work. We all
take it quite leasurly that the whole system is being called Linux
and we know that it is just the kernel and not the windowing
system, the desktop manager, the networking protocols, etc. We
also know that replacing the Linux kernel with something else,
e.g. NetBSD will create a system that looks and behaves the same
to the casual non-technical writer. Therefore it is quite annoying
when Goldman presents it as if Linux is the only player in town.
He doesn't even mention the abbreviation GNU in the article, though
he got the stuff about Richard Stalman and his manifesto right.
I thought of the allegory to explain to the non-techical what Linux
really means:
Linux is like the government. It decides where the resources
are passed in the country (the system). Even if you replace the
government (the kernel) and replace it with another government
the country will almost look and behave the same.
* I was wondering what "Hebrew support for Linux" from IBM means.
Again, this expression makes as much sense as saying that
the Intel Processors support Hebrew. It is just another result of
the brain wash M$ has been doing trying to extinguish the border
between OS and user programs.
* About Torvalds comments - being from Scandinavia, I am not surprised
at all about them. They all fit the "Why cannot everyone in the
world get along just like we do?" attitude. Imo, Torvalds should just just
stick to technical issues that he is good at, just like we should do.
Regards,
Dov
On Sun, Nov 25, 2001 at 03:56:28PM +0200, guy keren wrote:
>
> On Sun, 25 Nov 2001, Nadav Har'El wrote:
>
> > On Sun, Nov 25, 2001, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote about "Hebrew & Linux from IBM?":
> > > As usual mr. Dudi Goldman made some mistakes
> > >
> > > 2. Contrary to the belief - you CAN charge money for a GPL application
> > > (provided that it comes with the source, and for a "reasonable amount"). Of
> > > course you can once you got the software to copy it to the whole world, but
> > > the main point is that you can charge for an application...
> >
> > Yes. This is such a huge point that he got wrong, that I couldn't take
> > anything else he wrote after that seriously...
>
> hei, its dudi goldman - you don't need to find a mistake in the article in
> order to NOT take anything he writes seriously ;)
>
> --
> guy
>
> "For world domination - press 1,
> or dial 0, and please hold, for the creator." -- nob o. dy
>
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