Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 08:11:31 -0800
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Coywolf Qi Hunt <coywolf@gmail.com>
Cc: Tim Bird <tim.bird@am.sony.com>, Dave Airlie <airlied@gmail.com>,
       David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>, arjan@infradead.org,
       andrew@walrond.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario
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On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 03:58:46PM +0800, Coywolf Qi Hunt wrote:
> > [1] My usual response is, "If we are so dumb, why are you using the kernel
> >     made by us?", which usually stops the conversation right there.
> 
> Your response is nonsense. It has the same logic as saying "If
> proprietary software is wrong, why are you using it?".
> Everybody are using proprietary software, aren't they?

Um, no, not at all.  The logic is, "you trust these developers enough to
want to run their code, controlling the most basic and secure portions
of your machines, yet you think they are incapable programmers?"

And no kernel developers are forcing anyone to use Linux.  If they don't
like it for whatever reasons, there are other alternatives...

thanks,

greg k-h
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