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[Seth Williamson]

Markus Hubig wrote:

> On Fri, 19 Nov 2004, Seth Williamson wrote:

>>The best thing the makers of Ubuntu can do to advance the cause of 
>>humanity is to make the best open-source software they can. Don't mix 
>>up that job with politics. They are two different worlds. 

> NO! Mix it! Everything we do IS political. "humanity to others" IS the
> opposite of the everyday politics we have. We, the open-source community,
> are blue-printing the human society of the future. Open-Source on top of
> the internet (everybody is connected to everybody) is something totally
> new to the world. And as everyone of us knows: It just works!

> Open-Source is, and always was, a concept of a better world. And there
> is no need to hide this!

Well, I'm glad you're happy with your religion.  Me, I've already got 
one, and for me open-source isn't a faith.  It's just a better way to 
get some jobs done.

Your problem is that the majority of people are unlikely to buy into the 
idea to the extent you've done, and for those individuals, the utopian 
sell will just appear puerile.  Why offend such individuals?  Why not 
just concentrate on excellence in producing software and let people work 
for a better world in the way they prefer?


Seth Williamson
Franklin County, VA
USA