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In article <3l9n1l$klm@dlsn31.dal.mobil.com>, rawinney@dal.mobil.com says...
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>djohnson@tartarus.ucsd.edu (Darin Johnson) writes:
>> 
>> Finally, there's this attitude in your assertion that I see over and
>> over that I can't understand at all.  Even if Hurd were useless and
>> redundant, why the heck do you even care?  Does having people work
>> on bother you somehow? [snip]
>
>Personally it doesn't bother me, but those that complain might be of the 
>opinion that they would prefer that the resources being used on the Hurd 
>project be used on some other software development project that they 
>consider more useful.
>

And this is a remarkably arrogant attitude.  It is also a far too common
attitude.

People are speaking of GNU development in terms of resource allocation
as though these people are paid and have deadlines to meet, presumedly
to the people complaining about where the resources go.

I suspect this stems from the fact that since GNU has developed some
awfully nice software, and then gave it away, that some in the user
community now feel that the GNU developers "owe" them more free software,
and "owes" it on some sort of fixed schedule.

It seems to me, though I hesitate to present it as fact, that I have 
never seen the names of these whiners associated with building a useful 
bit of software.

Anyone who feels that there is some pressing project that GNU should
address have a simple option: step up to the plate and do it.  Otherwise,
don't complain.

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