Re: [tlug] RESPECT MICROSOFT

[Edward Middleton <emiddleton@example.com>]

Josh Glover wrote:
> And to quote Mark Shuttleworth (thanks, Lyle!),
>
> "There is a danger in the fact that many of the people who are
> passionate about Linux, are really passionate about their opposition
> to the status quo... because the question arises - when the status quo
> changes, what will bind us together. And, ah...  So I think my focus
> is very much on promotion of what is good about this software."

To be honest, I think it will probably be a non-issue.  While some of 
the people actually doing stuff are passionate about crushing MS, I 
don't think that is predominantly what drives the majority. From what I 
have seen following LKML and various other mailing list, and talking to 
people, it is mostly about doing things [1]better.

Edward

1. What people consider as better varies a lot, ie. some take licensing 
terms to be very important.