On Sun, Oct 05, 2008 at 07:21:25PM -0700, Robert Wilkinson wrote: > Thank you Chuck, I totally agree. > > Be > careful though. One of his faithful worshipers accused me of having a > potty mouth because I referred to him as another animal. > > It might be time for the group to split? Yes, it is the time - you can go form the TC primadonnas Group. You certainly match Richard Stallman in the ego department, but I haven't seen anything to convince me that you are anywhere close to his abilities and contribution to society. As such, put the stones back in the pile; you can also turn in the fake beards... And while I'm riffing on the "Life of Brian" theme... ask yourselves "What has Richard ever done for us?", Other than the compiler, assembler, a decent text editor and plethora of utilities (1), the GNU manifesto and license (that inspired many people (including a certain Finn) to contribute their time and talent to increase the availability and usability of free software)? Splitters! florin 1: Yes, they are mostly re-implementations of the standard UNIX commands, but vastly more robust and expanded. For example, compare SUN's grep with GNU grep. > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Chuck Cole <cncole at earthlink.net> > To: Sunny <sloncho at gmail.com>; TCLUG List <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > Sent: Sunday, October 5, 2008 3:57:37 PM > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Stallman wants to meet us, if we are TC*G*LUG > > Seems > like Stallman is a conceited dinosaur who has outlived his time and > mission. Perhaps that is why he was invited. He should > have passed the orch long ago and just "done good works" instead of continuing his ranting and raving. He could be known and > respected as a guru who made major contribution if it weren't for the fanatic and inappropriate raving he continues. > > The > conceit to insist that the TCLUG name be changed is extreme, > unprofessional, and unforgivable. I see no implication that GNU is > ignored > or disrespected in the name TCLUG: it's just plain and simple naming > (KISS). We should not change the name, but could put a > credit mention of GNU (etc) on the website. > > I > would not bother to hear him talk after all this. I would recommend > that his invitations to speak and to have a drink afterwards > be revoked, but neither are mine to decide. > > > Chuck > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -- Bruce Schneier expects the Spanish Inquisition. http://geekz.co.uk/schneierfacts/fact/163 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20081005/e7af512d/attachment-0001.pgp