From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lina.host4u.net ([216.71.64.105]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16SJuR-0001k7-00 for ; Sun, 20 Jan 2002 10:29:27 -0500 Received: from lbear (mail@12-237-122-156.client.attbi.com [12.237.122.156]) by lina.host4u.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g0KFTZq27321 for ; Sun, 20 Jan 2002 09:29:35 -0600 Received: from cpt.kirk (helo=localhost) by lbear with local-esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 16SK2Y-0001m8-00 for ; Sun, 20 Jan 2002 09:37:50 -0600 Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 09:37:50 -0600 (CST) From: Kirk Wood X-Sender: cpt.kirk@lbear To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Will Redhat Become a Division of AOL Time-Warner? In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20020120082843.023c2a30@198.144.194.210> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On Sun, 20 Jan 2002, Charles Crawford wrote: > I wish I could be as optimistic. Actually, we will have to demand > that they keep the command line text runtime or they will simply do the > migration thing where the GUI is updated and the text is > forgotten. Witness the disappearance of DOS. Yep, AOL will revoke the GPL lisense and render it null and void. They will re-write the entire linux work making the gui inseperable from the OS. They will make it so you can no longer download the OS for free. In fact, they will modify it such taht those of us already running linux will have to pay amonthly fee to prevent our computers from blowing up and setting our houses on fire. Get a fucking grip people. First, most everything in the base OS has been released under GPL. Thus, anyone can build from there. Second, there is no way to make the gui so integrated that the cammand line can't be had in linux. That would require a re-write of the entire OS. Third, contrary to popular rumor the secret plan to make blind people work in salt mines was abandonded last week. ======= Kirk Wood Cpt.Kirk@1tree.net Nowlan's Theory: He who hesitates is not only lost, but several miles from the next freeway exit.