Re: Discussion - non-free software removal
On Sun, 2002-11-17 at 10:35, emile@evbergen.xs4all.nl wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 07:07:15PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 06:55:40PM +0100, Emile van Bergen wrote:
> > > On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 10:36:28AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> > > > End users are rarely on my radar. Collaborative users, who
> > > > help improve my software, and my system, and make things better all
> > > > around, by finding bugs, making suggestions, providing patches --
> > > > them I'll nurture, again, from purely selfish, niggardly, ulterior
> > > > motives.
> > >
> > > Perhaps, but are you really always so sure of your motives? You'd be an
> > > exception with such unfaltering introspective abilities.
> >
> > It is impolite, to say nothing of rhetorically imprudent, to challenge
> > Manoj's conceptions of himself.
>
> I know. My scepticism was a little harsh. However, it does not sit
> entirely well with me that it's better accepted to be sceptical to
> someone's self knowledge when he claims altruism than when someone
> claims egoism as his motive. Egoism is already seen as more powerful,
> even as more dependable, as Manoj did. How far do we need to go before
> we start seeing it as a virtue in itself instead of an useful tool when
> handled with care, I wonder.
Read any Ayn Rand?
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First Impressions are Bunk.
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