Morson, schmorson, gnu shmoo
I'm with Linus on this one, and pragmatist to the bone, will take
closed and open, whatever works. I for one never use GNU and Linux in
the same breath. GNU Herd? You'll never hear it coming
Roger
On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 9:21 AM, Christopher C Jones
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> Roger, many thanks for the extra comments. It is correct to say that I
> did not think through fully the back-shadowing and foreshadowing
> narrative demanded by a system such as Open Office Writer, however the
> side-shadowing narrative proposed by Morson still offers what is far
> more interesting. I fear you may be confused about your projected
> confusion of UNIX and GNU Linux, if I may be forgiven for saying so.
>
> Many best wishes, Chris Jones.
>
> On Fri, 2008-10-10 at 18:45 +0100, Roger Day wrote:
>> All systems have a cost associated with them, well, duh, yeah. So much
>> so obvious. I guess that can be said without dropping Shannon's name.
>>
>> As I point out in my previous emails, the cost of the current system
>> can be ameliorated, if you want. You don't have to follow the herd;
>> the current system is flexible enough for you to adopt a more
>> cos-efficient path through the system. Think smart and your life in
>> the info-jungle can be easier than it is. Although this probably isnt
>> presented in a flowery enough language to qualify it as a
>> "philosophy".
>
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