Re: [ox-en] Interview with Peter Lamborn Wilson
- From: "Niall Douglas" <s_fsfeurope2 nedprod.com>
- Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2004 02:37:38 +0100
On 1 Aug 2004 at 20:21, Robin Green wrote:
If I remember, the quote as you used it made it look like I was
saying all voluntary work without remuneration was a waste. In fact,
I was saying that voluntary work *duplicating* *existing*
*functionality* without remuneration a waste which is clear if you
read that quote in context. The former makes me look like a dickhead
whereas the latter is my actual opinion.
I found the context:
http://www.oekonux.org/list-en/archive/msg02040.html
Judge for yourselves, folks.
Well done in finding the context I failed to! I did search, but
couldn't find it. OTOH, my usual ISP is malfunctioning so I'm back on
3c/min so I didn't try for very long :(
You're absolutely right that I wasn't on about duplicating existing
functionality though that email was about that generally. I was
however referring to people helping each other out gratis which due
to the peculiarities of current economic modelling means it's counted
as dead time/wastage. This is still not a statement about
volunteering in general as your misquoting of it made it seem.
But enough already! The last thing this list needs is another off-
topic thread quibbling over unimportant minutia! So I suggest we drop
it.
One thing about that post which I've since discovered is wrong was my
assertion that old Linux software wouldn't run on a modern Linux
without some form of emulation layer. Well, it turns out that
original NCSA Mosaic runs just fine on a 2.4 kernel Linux so I was
entirely wrong there. My apologies to anyone inconvenienced.
Cheers,
Niall