Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265279AbTFZBDu (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jun 2003 21:03:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265295AbTFZBCu (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jun 2003 21:02:50 -0400 Received: from smtp.bitmover.com ([192.132.92.12]:64730 "EHLO smtp.bitmover.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265247AbTFZBAm (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jun 2003 21:00:42 -0400 Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 18:14:40 -0700 From: Larry McVoy To: David Schwartz Cc: Larry McVoy , Robert White , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Troll Tech [was Re: Sco vs. IBM] Message-ID: <20030626011440.GB17417@work.bitmover.com> Mail-Followup-To: Larry McVoy , David Schwartz , Larry McVoy , Robert White , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20030625210944.GB11956@work.bitmover.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam (whitelisted), SpamAssassin (score=0.5, required 7, AWL, DATE_IN_PAST_06_12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1622 Lines: 31 On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 04:05:01PM -0700, David Schwartz wrote: > > > The fact that you aren't someone who has run a business doesn't, as you > > say, necessarily mean that you are less skilled but it certainly, without > > any room for disagreement, means you are less experienced. Experience is > > a valuable thing, to me if not to you. A very valuable thing. I'm not > > discounting your words, I've read them, thought about them, and decided > > that I value them less than I value information coming from people with > > experience in running a business. > > If I see an argument, I don't give a damn who made it. I evaluate the > argument based upon its merits. If I'm not competent to evaluate the > argument on its merits, I'm not competent to have an opinion at all. Couldn't agree more. The part you don't seem to want to accept is that I don't agree with the merits of the arguments presented. And my view is based on real world experience versus the theoretical views of the people making the arguments. That doesn't make me right, it just makes quite likely that I'm right based on past history. Experience almost always wins over theory. Not always but so far noone has presenting anything compelling which suggests the theory beats experience in this case, IMO. -- --- Larry McVoy lm at bitmover.com http://www.bitmover.com/lm - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/