To: Scott Robert Ladd <coyote@coyotegulch.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Troll Tech [was Re: Sco vs. IBM]
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From: Michael Poole <mdpoole@troilus.org>
Date: 21 Jun 2003 15:54:06 -0400
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Scott Robert Ladd <coyote@coyotegulch.com> writes:

> A very technocratic view, to be sure. Source code is no guranatee of
> future portability or viability; for the vast, vast majority of
> users -- we do care about those, don't we? -- source code is
> useless.

To the vast, vast majority of users, being able to program their
computers is even more useless than someone else's source code is.

Detection of the logical fallacy in both views of "uselessness" is
left as an exercise to the reader.

Michael Poole
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