🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <hjbD3M64C.IqM@netcom.com>, Hwa-Jin Bae <hjb@netcom.com> wrote:
>by now i must be in everyone's kill file.  just as well.  i have communicated
>with RMS with the following email.  the following is a copy of my email to
>him, and his response was "I'm going to talk with Cygnus management
>privately about some of what you've told me."  that is good for me for now.
>
>i am tired of typing replies to personal attacks.  i see no point in
>continuing this discussion, since it seems clear that cygnus people who
>post here and i fundamentally disagree on the nature of free software.
>i realize that i may be wrong.  but at this time, i'm also sure that i am
>right.  that is, nobody has convinced me otherwise.  we'll see who's right
>in about ten years from now.
>
>here's a copy of my email to RMS.
>

This thread has gone on for awhile mostly due to the vitriolic attempts
by Cygnus employees to defend their company's questionable 'principles'
in the context of the FSF. 

I think that Cygnus should advertise their software as state-of-the-art
and ( the real kicker ) guaranteed virus free!!! I have a feeling that
most of Cygnus' customers are likely to be government contractors. I 
know from experience how hard it is to convince paranoid and ignorant
management that sources I ftp in from 'out there in the virus laden
internet' are safe and virus free. When you read about viruses in the
Washington Post you see stories about how high school kids in
the Netherlands develop viruses to attack important defense department
computers. If it weren't such a serious problem 'image wise' it would
be a very funny haha in the morning. I think this should be enough
marketing 'sleaze' for Cygnus to sell lots of support. Otherwise, the
nasty viruses will get you. ;-) I'm sure this will make enough money
to continue and progress for some time. I believe that in this case
there would never be a need to associate Cygnus tools with the FSF/GNU
except when a supporter's expertise is questioned by a customer. Then
I think it would be appropriate to list the individual's contributions;
not the company's.

-- peter brewer