[Fsf-friends] Re Runaway ESR

[Frederick Noronha (FN)]

Amol, I'm not in the "too lazy" category. But I use a dial-up on a 
painfully slow line. This means, visiting URLs is a real pain.

Could you post a few details (or a part of the article) so that we don't 
have to visit the website, but read it via email itself on this list? Tks, 
FN


> From: Amol Hatwar <rollacosta@phreaker.net>
> Subject: [Fsf-friends] Runaway ESR
> To: fsf-friends@mm.gnu.org.in, rms@gnu.org.in
> Cc: linuxers@mm.gnu.org.in
> Message-ID: <1055130776.12002.19.camel@localhost.localdomain>
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> 
> Wonder if any one of you came across this @ Slashdot. It's about ESR
> adding his own jargon descriptions to the well-known jargon file he
> maintains. You can see the post here:
> http://slashdot.org/articles/03/06/08/1534249.shtml?tid=99
> 
> For people too lazy to point their browsers here's a short description:
> 
> ---Starts--
> As reported by NTK, ESR appears to have embarked apon the process of
> recasting the Jargon File in his own image, adding terms like "Aunt
> Tillie" and "GhandiCon" that he dreamt up and seemingly no-one else
> uses, and various terms from (of all places) the warblogging community,
> where he is active. He's also updated the "Hacker Politics" page to be
> more closely aligned with his own views.
> --Ends--
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