On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 04:55:19PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > > (The "answer", incidentally, is "because we can" > > or "because it's there", or some other variation; it is a goal in > > itself, and not a means to an end) > > That, however, is not enough in and of itself. I *could* very well > contribute to FreeBSD. I don't. Why? Because I don't like FreeBSD. I like > Debian. You're misconstruing that the statement is "you like it therefore you > should contribute" when it is is "I like it therefore I want to contribute". Actually, you have misconstrued it the other way. It really was "You like it therefore you should contribute". > > > Neither. I am pointing out that someone liking a project is hardly a > > > reason to reject them out of hand. > > > An idea which you made up entirely on your own, and then attributed to > > me. So which is it? > > Uh, no. You're the one who wrote that someone liking Debian was a lousy > reason for them to join. Do you have trouble understanding why these two statements are different? -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- |
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