[TriLUG] book for kids on open source philosophy?

[Joseph Mack NA3T]

On Tue, 24 Jan 2012, Joel J. Adamson wrote:

> The interesting thing was the contrast between the "pragmatists," like
> CmdrTaco saying "people are coding this stuff because they need it,"

you get the rewards that Woz got (shunted off to the side, 
admittedly with a sinecure). It's hard to imagine that Woz 
had no more ideas.

The alternative is not become SJ, but to be rewarded for 
your work.

> and Bruce Perens, rms and others.  After the IPO footage, 
> there's a last word from rms where he reminds people that 
> it's still about freedom.

yes. Gotta remember that.

>> I didn't understand who Cygnus was (or the "gnu" in 
>> Cygnus), so that was news to me. It seems Cygnus hasn't 
>> had the ups and downs of VALinux and RedHat.
>
> Cygnus was acquired by RedHat.

ah. I remember now. Apart from installing cygwin on a 
windows box in a desperate attempt to make it usable, I've 
had no contact with Cygnus.

Joe

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