Verily I say unto thee, that Andrew Halliwell spake thusly:
> Ezekiel <f@xxxxx> wrote:
>> Too bad that the winning filesystem (XFS) was developed by a
>> closed-source proprietary company named SGI. (Silicon Graphics)
>
> So what? The only piece of software in question is XFS itself. And
> guess what. It's open source.
Yes, it's quite a victory for Free Software, isn't it?
> IBM is also a proprietory software company. They still manage to
> release some of their code into the open source.
> Sun is also a proprietory software company. They still manage to
> release some (quite a lot in their case) of their code into the open
> source.
>
> Did you have a point to make in that post or were you just throwing a
> tantrum?
I'll take "throwing a tantrum" for a dollar.
The Zek-tard's argument is entirely non sequitur. It'd be like claiming
that the modern combustion engine has no value, because it was derived
from those nasty old steam engines. Things evolve, they get better. The
move towards Free Software is just part of that evolution. Obviously
Zeke has "issues" with that, for some unfathomable reason. Maybe he's a
Luddite; maybe he's malevolent; or maybe he's just an idiot. Who knows?
--
K.
http://slated.org
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