Path: utzoo!yunexus!telly!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!bbn!usc!ucla-cs!uci-ics!schmidt From: schmidt@ics.uci.edu (Doug Schmidt) Newsgroups: gnu.gcc Subject: Re: Some people won't use GCC Message-ID: <16505@paris.ics.uci.edu> Date: 3 Jun 89 03:47:57 GMT Article-I.D.: paris.16505 References: <8906022109.AA00195@sugar-bombs.ai.mit.edu> <8906022354.AA28510@uther.cs.purdue.edu> Sender: news@paris.ics.uci.edu Reply-To: Doug Schmidt Distribution: gnu Organization: University of California at Irvine: ICS Dept. Lines: 38 In article <8906022354.AA28510@uther.cs.purdue.edu> spaf@CS.PURDUE.EDU (Gene Spafford) writes: ++ Sigh. I'm not getting across to the GNUers with this, I guess. No Gene, your message is coming across loud and clear, like a siren's song. You want us (i.e., supporters of Free Software) to sell-out our morals, to prostitute our beliefs in order to satisfy the status quo, to prostrate ourselves before the altar of mediocrity and greed. You want us to recant our faith that GNU supports a purpose more noble than simply pandering to your `sponsors' demands. You want us to cringe in fear upon hearing that some powerful organizations don't approve of our convictions. You want us to keep our place, and not protest against myopic policies of computer vendors that try robbing our dignity. We understand the song you sing, because we've heard it sung many times before. Whether it be Tiananmen Square or Panama City or Pretoria we understand that those with a vested interest in the status quo will stop at nothing to retain their power and control. If refusing to heed your siren's song makes me a fanatic, then I'm proud to wear that label. Douglas C. Schmidt -- schmidt@ics.uci.edu (ARPA) | Per me si va nella citta' dolente. office: (714) 856-4043 | Per me si va nell'eterno dolore. | Per me si va tra la perduta gente. | Lasciate ogni speranza o voi ch'entrate.