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Interview: OSI's new presidentInterview: OSI's new presidentPosted Feb 7, 2005 16:17 UTC (Mon) by RussNelson (guest, #27730)In reply to: Interview: OSI's new president by mark Parent article: Interview: OSI's new president he would often post incomplete script fragments, Actually, complete scripts, but untested (and I would be happy to provide them as a solution for a fee). One of the good things about the non-open-source qmail on which I made my living for a number of years is that with the inability to redistribute modified versions of qmail, everything about an installation is known. So, in order to help somebody, instead of having to ask them "Well, where is it installed, in /opt/package, /usr/lib/package, or /usr/local/lib/package?" with qmail you can give actual shell script commands that a user can cut and paste. I think that qmail would be a better MTA if it were open source, but one of the ways in which it would be harmed is that you could no longer assume the installation location. In order to be an advocate of open source, we must be clear on what is lost and what is gained. The shouting in the interview is just strange. Perhaps I assume too much? I thought everyone knew that OSI and the FSF have more or less been at loggerheads for many years. One of the last official actions ESR took was to begin negotiations with RMS on joint cross-linking of our license pages. I'm going to continue that project and try to find ways to improve relations between our two organizations. The shouting definitely wouldn't be funny if you didn't know that we haven't gotten along in the past. Sorry if you didn't enjoy it.
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