At 21:36 3/6/2000 -1000, Reese wrote:
> >But although Phill has been intentionally obtuse in this debate, most
> >likely for his own amusement, he also has the substantial advantage of
> >knowing what he's talking about on at least this narrow point. "Reese"
> >responded with open-source dogma straight from slashdot, and wasn't
> >prepared to engage on the general principles.
>
>Straight from slashdot? Interesting observation, since I don't read that
>publication. I must have picked up the tenets of that argument somewhere
>else?
Yep. Slashdot.org is just an example of the philosophy, if it can be called
that, in its most distilled form.
> >Phill upped the ante with an apparent libel threat, with prompted "Reese"
> >to back down.
>
>Yep, I spooked. Shouldn't have, in retrospect.
Yep. But apparent libel threats in the course of a technical mailing list
discussion is uncalled for.
>What, he's a brit?
That's rather an understatement.
-Declan
