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Re: 23.0.60; M-( and M-) should not be bound in ESC map
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Alan Mackenzie |
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Re: 23.0.60; M-( and M-) should not be bound in ESC map |
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Sat, 12 Apr 2008 07:31:11 +0000 |
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Mutt/1.5.9i |
Guten Morgen, David!
On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 07:49:56AM +0200, David Kastrup wrote:
> Thomas Lord <address@hidden> writes:
> > Richard Stallman wrote:
> >> Meanwhile, that stuff from O'Reilly is mostly about how to manage a
> >> commercially sponsored "open source" project in such a way as to
> >> maximize
> >> your ability to extract gratis labor from the "community".
> >> Their philosophy and goals are different from ours, but the actual
> >> work of developing software is the same. A lot of the work of open
> >> source supporters about how to develop software is useful for
> >> supporters of free software. The crucial philosophical value of
> >> the free software movement does not concern how we develop Emacs,
> >> but rather the freedom of the users once they get it from us.
> > Why is the FSF a union shop?
> It most certainly isn't. It is a charity. Its charter has never been
> secret, its agenda hasn't changed.
> So while your entry in the "inflammatory posts over issues solved long
> ago" category gets a point for spirit, it really adds nothing new of
> interest.
Er, David, it was a joke. Not profound, but subtle enough to raise a
smile on this miserable old hacker before breakfast. Thanks, Thomas!
Back in the 1960s and 1970s, trade unions in Britain were _very_
insistent on regularly stopping work for a few minutes, during which
drinks made by immersing leaves from India in boiling water would be
drunk. These intervals were known as "tea breaks".
> David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
--
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
- Re: 23.0.60; M-( and M-) should not be bound in ESC map, (continued)
- Re: 23.0.60; M-( and M-) should not be bound in ESC map, Glenn Morris, 2008/04/10
- Re: 23.0.60; M-( and M-) should not be bound in ESC map, Thomas Lord, 2008/04/11
- Re: 23.0.60; M-( and M-) should not be bound in ESC map, tomas, 2008/04/11
- Re: 23.0.60; M-( and M-) should not be bound in ESC map, Richard Stallman, 2008/04/11
- Re: 23.0.60; M-( and M-) should not be bound in ESC map, Thomas Lord, 2008/04/11
- Re: 23.0.60; M-( and M-) should not be bound in ESC map, David Kastrup, 2008/04/12
- Re: 23.0.60; M-( and M-) should not be bound in ESC map,
Alan Mackenzie <=
- Re: 23.0.60; M-( and M-) should not be bound in ESC map, Thomas Lord, 2008/04/12
- Re: 23.0.60; M-( and M-) should not be bound in ESC map, David Kastrup, 2008/04/12
- Re: 23.0.60; M-( and M-) should not be bound in ESC map, Thomas Lord, 2008/04/12
- Re: 23.0.60; M-( and M-) should not be bound in ESC map, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2008/04/12
- Re: 23.0.60; M-( and M-) should not be bound in ESC map, Paul R, 2008/04/11
- Re: 23.0.60; M-( and M-) should not be bound in ESC map, Juanma Barranquero, 2008/04/11
- Re: 23.0.60; M-( and M-) should not be bound in ESC map, Thomas Lord, 2008/04/10
- Re: 23.0.60; M-( and M-) should not be bound in ESC map, Paul R, 2008/04/10
- Re: 23.0.60; M-( and M-) should not be bound in ESC map, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2008/04/10
- Re: 23.0.60; M-( and M-) should not be bound in ESC map, Richard Stallman, 2008/04/11