X-Message-Number: 17350
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 15:35:47 -0400
From: Wesley Eddy <>
Subject: much love for AOL

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In Cryonet #17347, Yvan Bozzonetti wrote:
> <<P.S. Also remember, as Wesley points out, anyone posting from an AOL 
> address 
> (or from a college where most of the students major in Herbiculture, right 
> Wesley?) is stupid, so don't take my word for anything. >>

Ok, so perhaps my words on AOL have been misinterpreted in they minds
of some Cryonet readers.  If you'll go back in the archives and take a
look, you'll note that I never used the word 'stupid' or even anything
remotely demeaning to describe AOL users, in fact I know several very
intelligent AOL users on this list alone.  The thread was on open source
software, and what I *did say* was that AOL has not exactly been what
anyone would describe as a champion of open source.  Any claims that
aol.com email addresses are not property of AOL are complete bunk and
should be ignored, the fact of the matter is that if you use one, you're
in effect supporting a company who does not believe in or practice the
ideals of the free software/open source movement.  Educational institutions,
on the other hand, have been pioneers in this area (BSD Unix for example),
but I take all mockery in the lighthearted spirit in which I'm sure it
was meant.

In conclusion, I meant no offense to any past, present, or future AOL
users or the company itself, I was simply stating that their practices
are not in agreement with the OSS community.  Hopefully this is now
clear and we can end this silly OSS discussion which was off topic
in the first place.

-Wes

-- 
"I can't see too well, what's it all about?  I don't know man, did you poke
your eyes out?"		-Angry Samoans, "Lights Out"

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