"Crush the political bullshit" [Was: What about Embedded?]

[Jeff Waugh <jdub perkypants org>]

<quote who="Philip Van Hoof">

> In an opensource setting, we should CRUSH political bullshit and overthrow
> it with technical superiority. We are by the way NOT doing that, and in
> stead failing TECHNICALLY at the exact same POLITICAL problems companies
> are also facing.

Philip,

Firstly, what we are doing (Free Software) is *inherently* political, and in
many ways hasn't been technically superior for a long time. Do we give up?
Absolutely not.

Secondly, there are lots of interests involved in what we do, and sometimes
they are competing interests (competing - and yet collaborating). You can't
just make simplistic statements like "CRUSH political bullshit" and expect
it to actually mean anything.

It's just another way to dismiss people's entirely valid points of view. We
can't do that. There are hard choices to be made here, some of which may
exclude members of our community. These choices may not have such import to
you, but please don't disregard or disrespect the other points of view in
our community.

Thanks,

- Jeff

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