On Sun, 2007-10-28 at 23:43 -0600, Frank Cox wrote: > On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:28:48 -0500 > Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Do you not recognize that there are other existing licenses on > > technology that users need? > > There are all kinds of licenses. If your requirements include "proprietary, > closed-source and immutable software", then Linux is not for you. > > I'm sorry if this is the first time you have heard this. With all due respect, sir, you don't know jack about my requirements, limitations, and objectives, or what environment I work in, or what tools are available in my field, or what I may or may not be in a position to do about it. But feel free to pass judgment anyway. After all, it's a simple world out there, black and white are all you need to know. No room here for nuance or complexity. If I'm not 100% with you, then I must be with the enemy. Pass the kool-aid... -- Matthew Saltzman Clemson University Math Sciences mjs AT clemson DOT edu http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs