From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263191AbUERMsn (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 May 2004 08:48:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263231AbUERMsn (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 May 2004 08:48:43 -0400 Received: from dvmwest.gt.owl.de ([62.52.24.140]:1987 "EHLO dvmwest.gt.owl.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263191AbUERMsl convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 May 2004 08:48:41 -0400 Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 14:48:40 +0200 From: Jan-Benedict Glaw To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linus is not the Linux father - Said MSFT Alexis de Tocqueville Institution Message-ID: <20040518124839.GD1912@lug-owl.de> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200405171941.i4HJfmc08269@pincoya.inf.utfsm.cl> <40AA0061.8090500@efn.uncor.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT In-Reply-To: <40AA0061.8090500@efn.uncor.edu> X-Operating-System: Linux mail 2.4.18 X-gpg-fingerprint: 250D 3BCF 7127 0D8C A444 A961 1DBD 5E75 8399 E1BB X-gpg-key: wwwkeys.de.pgp.net User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 2004-05-18 09:24:01 -0300, Martín Chikilian wrote in message <40AA0061.8090500@efn.uncor.edu>: > Horst von Brand wrote: > >Look at , there is a lot of discussion on this. > > > >This in _not_ the place for such a discussion/post, BTW. > I want to know how the Linux community reacts to this kind of marketing > over the net and how can the subscribers be affected. We are no sales person, so we don't react at all. If they want to sell their products, let them do! If their customers decide they need something different, they may want to have a look at Linux, the *BSDs and all others... MfG, JBG -- Jan-Benedict Glaw jbglaw@lug-owl.de . +49-172-7608481 "Eine Freie Meinung in einem Freien Kopf | Gegen Zensur | Gegen Krieg fuer einen Freien Staat voll Freier Bürger" | im Internet! | im Irak! ret = do_actions((curr | FREE_SPEECH) & ~(NEW_COPYRIGHT_LAW | DRM | TCPA));