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Re: Irony (Words and Meanings)

From: Toon Moene <toon at moene dot indiv dot nluug dot nl>
To: Robert Dewar <dewar at gnat dot com>
Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, rms at gnu dot org, scott at coyotegulch dot com
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 23:14:13 +0100
Subject: Re: Irony (Words and Meanings)
Organization: Moene Computational Physics, Maartensdijk, The Netherlands
References: <20021129215755.37E44F2D6A@nile.gnat.com>

Robert Dewar wrote:

> Scott Ladd wrote:

I've spent a lot of time working on social justice issues -- and one thing
I've learned is that the message gets lost if it's too complicated. Just
explaining the differences between "open source" and "free" software will
make most people's eyes glaze over. They just don't care -- and neither do
companies that cater to the consumptive masses.

My goodness! I find this to be a crucial distinction. And I am not talking
abvout philosophy or ideology, it is a matter of pragmatic importance to our commercial customers!

Hmm, I sense an important distinction here between "consumptive masses" and "commercial customers".

Not surprising ...

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