how do you ever arrive at the attitude that makes you forget these people are the very reason that puppy linux exists?dancytron wrote:Reminds me of Property Owner's Associations fighting over whether to allow someone to paint their house pink, whether their neighbor's fence is 6 inches too high or someone has a boat parked in their driveway.
At least it keeps them busy so they aren't bothering people who have more serious things to deal with.
there is no "more serious things to deal with" without free software.
the linux kernel wouldnt be worth using with the gpl, open source would look more like apple than puppy (anyone who thinks that would be a good thing hasnt thought it through-- would you really throw puppy linux-- and everything like it-- away for nothing but the apple ecosystem?) and these "more serious" endeavours youre thinking about wouldnt have a platform to exist on.
it would be like einstein talking crap about isaac newton all day.
"well, i mean, newtons great if all you care about is a weights moving on a string" hello? without teslas motor and voltaires battery, edisons light bulb would just be a worthless old jar with a wire in it. this isnt about paint jobs.
if you want to know who the property owners association is, read some bryan lunduke or jono bacon, or the osi blogs.
these are the guys that are most often like "well, i mean carpenters and plumbers are important-- i guess, but until the interior decorators come in the houses arent even worth putting up for sale."
kind of true, except that the most important thing about a house for most people is that you can live in it, not that you can profit substantially.
"do you remember your first home?"
"sure do! we got 350,000 for that bastard!"
"how very touching."