[chat] Re: [SLUG] Benefits of source distro (Gentoo) somewhat elusive :-)

[Ken Foskey <foskey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 2003-08-09 at 17:37, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> <quote who="Malcolm V">
> > 
> > 1) How can you claim that Gentoo contributors are not also FOSS (I've
> > dropped your redundant software :P) contributors? 
> > 
> > 2) Why is it that you (personally, as I don't think you can speak for the
> > entire FOSS community) view Gentoo so unfavourably that it is the one
> > distribution you are always so forward about calling backwards?
> 
> Lots of people have asked me to expand on this, so I'm going to do so in a
> linmagau article. I'd prefer to take it there, than continue the discussion
> on the lists (given that some of it has been taken personally and without
> the humour in which it was intended - my usual cheeky prose doesn't help if
> the discussion is seen as a flamewar to begin with).

Emails do not show inflection.  So we have to be extremely careful
before hitting the send button.  I personally think the discussion was
handled unprofessionally and any person dropping in would have had the
wrong idea totally about slug and especially Linux and OSS.

I hope that Jeff follows this up by posting a link to a well thought out
article.  An article that provokes thought and shows an understanding.

I am doubly interested when he discusses the use of these techniques to
eek more performance out of very old computers for computer bank.

-- 
Thanks
KenF
OpenOffice.org developer