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Re: Should we search for patronizing of the FSF?



Den tor, 09 sep 1999 skrev du:
> On Wed, 8 Sep 1999, JF Martinez wrote:
> 
> > On the other hand our field is one where we cannot afford to be strict
> > because free software has traditionally been weak at software for non
> > hackers.  And FSF alliance can be a diifficult one to handle.
> 
> I don't think they'll like us (-; They'll see us as too "commercial". I
> don't like the chances of this being succesful ( and I'm not that
> comfortable with the idea anway )

If you want to know what it's like to be patronized by the FSF go to
www.windowmaker.org's devel mailinglist archive and read the discussion
about turning WindowMaker into the Gnome wm. 

I admire RMS very much after having read some of his stuff, but I
don't think I would personally ever want to have him as my boss.

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Med venlig hilsen/Best regards
Birger Langkjer
http://members.xoom.com/langkjer