Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 6 Mar 2002 22:34:46 -0300 (BRT) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: [opensource] Re: Petition Against Official Endorsement of BitKeeper by Linux Maintainers |
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On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, David Schwartz wrote: > On Tue, 5 Mar 2002 18:36:08 -0500, Michael Bernstein wrote: > > >However, when a whole movement based > >on the idea of creating non-proprietary software decides to utilize > >proprietary software in order to better create free software, I feel that > >there is some hypocrisy going on. > > What?! It's really this simple, you use the best tool for the job. > Why can't we advocate the tools that really do work best.
I'm in it for quality software, not specifically for the ideology of free software.
> Why do we have to be a movement based upon an inflexible ideology?
Not to mention, why should we have to conform to the ideology of the "free software" crowd ?
cheers,
Rik -- <insert bitkeeper endorsement here>
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