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Special TreatmentSpecial TreatmentPosted Oct 17, 2007 23:43 UTC (Wed) by rickmoen (subscriber, #6943)In reply to: Special Treatment by man_ls Parent article: OSI Approves Microsoft License Submissions
Alex, I honestly do appreciate that reminder. And you're of course right, that people's reasoning should absolutely stand or fall on its own merits, and in that sense (among others) "real names don't matter". FWIW, I've actually worked hard to protect the right to comment pseudonymously or anonymously longer than I'd care to remember. And I'm pleased to report that we are, in fact, overall in total agreement (not that an honest difference of view isn't OK, too). In particular, your point is well taken about your stable "nick", and there are many I admire greatly, including, say, "Fyodor" of nmap fame, who I doubt writes grocery cheques in the Dostoyevsky character guise he adopts for software purposes. ;-> If I've seemed unduly suspicious, I do ask your pardon, and hope to remember you better next time. (As you'll note in the thread you linked, I've seen pseudonymous personae used for some extremely scurrilous things, especially for ankle-biting personal attacks against better-known open source people, so perhaps you can understand my wariness.) Rick Moen rick@linuxmafia.com
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