3 Dec
2004
3 Dec
'04
1:44 p.m.
On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 11:57:11AM -0500, Dave Robillard wrote:
The world would be a pretty awful (well, even more
awful) place if noone
ever expressed distaste with someone's actions.
We have had that expression, for the RME / Fireface case at least.
And anyway, it's not like we're trying to
force a religion on them or
something. Open drivers being better is not a "belief", it is a fact
It's only a fact modulo your assumptions, which in turn depend on your
perspective. Define 'better'. Philosophers have been busy doing that for
some tens of centuries, and they still do not agree.
We do not live in a world that has realised this ideal. Lots of people
think differently, and we have to live with them.
All this mentioning of "belief" and
"church" to degrade open source
people is no better than me calling you and RME Nazis.
OK, s/beliefs/choices/. I hope I do not degrade you by stating you are
capable of making you own choices.
Seems to be a
recurring theme that the person who presents the open source position
makes no personal attacks whatsoever, and someone who is okay with
proprietary drivers responds with personal attacks (both suggestively by
you to Marek and directly by Jan to myself).
If I've written anything that amounts to a personal attack I do regret
that. But I do not think I have.
Is there really anything wrong with sending some
polite emails pointing
out the problems and requesting a more open strategy?
No. But you can't 'request' anything, they are free to act as they like.
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FA