Re: GNOME/KDE interoperability hothouse

[Luis Villa <louie ximian com>]

Can you guys take this off list? We're a weekend away from a release,
and I'm more than a little pissed that people have started and kept
alive a politics thread when we (GNOME hackers) have more fun things to
do, like pound nails into our eyes, and more useful things to do, like
fix release bugs.

Luis 

On Fri, 2002-05-31 at 14:36, Neil Stevens wrote:
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> On Friday May 31, 2002 04:26, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > We're trying to set up a GNOME/KDE interoperability hothouse at
> > > LinuxWorld in San Francisco in August.  There are various pieces to
> >
> > Isn't a US show an inappropriate place to lure non US free software
> > developers 8)
> 
> Just as inappropriate as a European show would be for Americans.
> 
> Americans would be unwise to visit countries that won't respect their
> rights to privacy, freedom of political speech, and personal protection.
> 
> Best is just to abandon the idea that in-person meetings are appropriate
> for decision making in international internet-connected projects.
> 
> - --
> Neil Stevens - neil qualityassistant com
> "I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding
> because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they
> have not a single political argument left." - Margaret Thatcher
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