Kier wrote:
> On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 09:42:10 +0100, Mark Kent wrote:
>
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> ____/ waterskidoo on Monday 06 August 2007 23:17 : \____
>>>
>>>> On 2007-08-06, Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Well, Peter K would have us all on binary drivers, locked to hardware
>>>>> combinations determined by grey-suited people in smart offices.
>>>>
>>>> I don't think Peter said that at all.
>>>> Unless I am mistaken,he said that in the scheme of things
>>>> having a binary only driver is better than having no driver at all.
>>>> I agree with him.
>>>
>>> It's hard to just say "no" when they give binary drivers and then demand
>>> that the drivers get open-sourced. Sadly, as Linux grows beyond its
>>> origins (which it does), a smaller proportion of the users cares about
>>> the openness of drivers.
>>>
>>> Hopefully, Linux won't evolve to become just another Mac OS X.
>>>
>>
>> The GPLv3 is intended to stop the kind of creeping proprietisation which
>> Peter K and Waterskidoo are so keen on.
>
> Where have either of them said anything remotely like that?
>
Neither of us has
Mark Hadron is just getting worse in his blatant misrepresentation of posts.
And then he has the nerve to complain about "abuse" he is receiving
--
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely
rearranging their prejudices. -- William James
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