Sic Transit Gloria Laptopi
Sic Transit Gloria Laptopi
Posted May 20, 2008 14:00 UTC (Tue) by jschrod (subscriber, #1646)In reply to: Sic Transit Gloria Laptopi by lysse
Parent article: Sic Transit Gloria Laptopi
Of course it is. It does not matter if RMS meant it differently. That's the meaning that comes across in the public when someone mentions "addictive drug" (especially in puritanic USA), and that's what matters if one makes speaches that addresses the public. Oh yes and btw, from my (personal) experience with RMS, I'm rather sure that he means the term "drug" as something more heavier than caffeine. His disdain for any drugs, including the socially accepted ones, is well known: To cite him on the topic of beer drinking: "In the AI Lab hacker community of the '70s, people did not like alcohol in general. We wanted to make our minds sharper, not duller. When our community was more or less wiped out in the '80s (see "Hackers," by Steve Levy), this and many of its other cultural traits were not adopted by the new hacker community. In this case, the foolish majority's influence triumphed over the wiser minority." (Taken from http://www.linux.com/articles/40951)
Posted Jun 1, 2008 0:35 UTC (Sun)
by lysse (guest, #3190)
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> Of course [drawing an analogy between proprietary software and "an addictive drug"] is [like
saying "Your mother is a murderous fascist dictator"]
vs
> His disdain for any drugs... is well known [followed quote that makes it clear that his
disdain extends right down to drugs akin to caffeine]
It's always refreshing to see someone insisting on a position which is quite undermined by the
support they offer for it. And I do find myself so refreshed with alarming frequency.