[Fsf-friends] No Pedantic Pastime

[Ramanraj K]

Senthil_OR@Dell.com wrote:

>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Ramanraj K 
>>Senthil_OR@Dell.com wrote:
>>
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>>>Dear FSF-Friends,
>>>                 I am good comp-sci guy. 
>>>My head is paining with this.
>>>Please provide me some "Free" water, atleast. :)
>>>
>>>Senthil
>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>Where are you?
>>You may get Free Software, but I doubt if you can get Free Water in 
>>India ;-)
>>    
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>
>At Bangalore, there is a lot of enthusiasm and freshness for all hackers
>in general.
>At FSF-Friends list, I saw some serious discussion on Licensing( with
>all Legal terms) going on.
>
>How did this benefit us? 
>
>I don't recollect the exact story, but in one of Swami Vivekananda's
>books, there is a narration,
>wherein a group of philosophers would be discussing about god and a
>small boy would walk in and 
>say, "If all these are true, then what are we doing here".
>
>Sometimes, _I feel_ that discussing/arguing about Philosophy is vain.
>Any thoughtful material I find, I absorb it and get back to work.
>And that's how I see most of my friends are.
>
At least this was about the issue of warranties for free software. 
 Please read the whole thread.  The need for warranties in mission 
critical applications was being discussed.  My whole argument was that a 
warranty would not help, but instead, prudent verification of the output 
from a program, directly through our senses might assure quality and 
performance.  Even insurance cover may be an option.  Further, no 
warranties.

Philosophy is needed for clarity of thought and action.  The foundation 
for progress is found only in the philosophy.  Therefore philosophy is 
not vain.

>
>Ok. Now, if you can crack some joke here(for everybody to
>laugh,ofcourse),then press Reply All
>otherwise press Reply Only.
>If you do it the other way round,then I will consider it as an encrypted
>message (for which I don't have a key)
>
Postings to fsf-friends is not a pedantic pastime.  Kindly focus on the 
issues at hand, and avoid personal remarks that might hurt others.