Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265613AbTF3SDh (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jun 2003 14:03:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265648AbTF3SDh (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jun 2003 14:03:37 -0400 Received: from kinesis.swishmail.com ([209.10.110.86]:1029 "HELO kinesis.swishmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S265613AbTF3SDd (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jun 2003 14:03:33 -0400 Message-ID: <3F007F88.9020204@techsource.com> Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 14:20:56 -0400 From: Timothy Miller User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Robert White CC: Stephan von Krawczynski , david.lang@digitalinsight.com, wa@almesberger.net, miquels@cistron-office.nl, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Troll Tech [was Re: Sco vs. IBM] References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2796 Lines: 65 I've removed Larry from the To list due to his earlier request. My opinion is this: If you think you're going to be so great at running a business, please go do so and let us know how it goes. Robert White wrote: > Stephen, > > So given this responsibility he has chosen to take, that you admire, and > that I have no aspirations towards because I already know it isn't an area I > will do well in... > > Is it responsible for him to pose a question about the source and nature of > innovation and then reply to the feedback he receives with "you've never run > a business so why should I listen to you"? > > Is it responsible to start with the assumption that business is innovation > and non business is, by definition, *not* innovation? His position only > makes sense if this founding position ("business is the sole source of > meaningful innovation in software") is true. He will entertain no dissent > on that position no matter how many innovators claim otherwise. > > I didn't offer advice on accounting practices, sales channels, or even the > proper way to apportion funds or apportion effort. I did not posit opinions > on managing employees nor conserving costs. I offered my specific view > directly related to my specific experience in the field he was addressing. > > I also took particular exception to receiving three emails that said > (paraphrased), in order: > > 1) I {Larry} glanced at what you wrote, who are you that I should care about > your opinion. > > (I respond to this reasonable request with the rough overview of my > experience in software development and "innovation") > > 2) You've never run a business so you will forgive me if I {Larry} don't pay > any attention to anything you have said; I already know that I can only > learn things relating to business by competing against better businessmen. > (e.g. the "I play pool and..." message) > > (which I totally let slide and was going to accept as an indication of a > closed and pointless channel, but then, as a reply to a third party I > get...) > > 3) Exactly, I {Larry} consider all arguments no matter who poses them. > > (which is directly belied by message two) > > The rampant cupidity of the conflict between items two and three kind of set > me off. It is not reasonable nor rational nor, I suspect, an indication of > the kind of businessman I would want to have domain over my capital. It > also exhausted all respect I felt towards Larry, about whom I had no prior > opinion. > > And then I started behaving badly... 8-) > - 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/