RE: [OT] Re: Troll Tech [was Re: Sco vs. IBM]

["Robert White" <rwhite@casabyte.com>]

With apologies to the group, I have to call a foul...

-----Original Message-----
From: Larry McVoy [mailto:lm@bitmover.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 6:15 PM
To: David Schwartz
Cc: Larry McVoy; Robert White; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Troll Tech [was Re: Sco vs. IBM]


> On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 04:05:01PM -0700, David Schwartz wrote:
> > 	If I see an argument, I don't give a damn who made it.

> Couldn't agree more.


Sorry Larry, but you lie.  Pick a position and stick to it.

Three messages ago you came right out and said:

From: Larry McVoy [mailto:lm@bitmover.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 8:50 PM

> Hmm.  With all due respect, I think that arguing business with someone
> who has yet to be sucessful at it is not likely to help me or help the
> open source world.

Which is *EXACTLY* measuring an argument on "who said it" and not on the
merits of the argument itself.  And was a restatement of clear subtext of
the message two back from that one:

From: Larry McVoy [mailto:lm@bitmover.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 6:21 PM

> I've taken one pass through your message.  Sounds like you have thought
> about this.  My question for you is have you run a business?  Do you
> have employees?  How many?

> I have no idea where on the spectrum you sit but the thought has occurred
> to me that arguing business models with people who are operating from
> a 100% theoretical position is likely to not reach any agreement in my
> lifetime.


I see now that you are just here to lobby for your unsupportable position
and you will pander to the appearance of reasonability while you demonstrate
your fundamental inability to stick to a position.

Go into politics, it is calling you...


Rob.