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Urgency gets noticed -- and in this case is justified
Author: Brett Glass Posted: 8/28/2000; 8:23:59 PM Topic: scriptingNews outline for 8/28/2000 Msg #: 20441 (In response to 20440) Prev/Next: 20440 / 20442
The problem is that extremism attracts attention, while moderation does not. Stallman gets noticed; my appeals to reason don't. Linux attracts attention, while BSD does not even though it's even more sophisticated and powerful.This is a classic memetic problem. In order even to get equal time, one must create an equal sense of urgency. And the urgency, in this case, is warranted. Stallman's empire -- the hoard of software controlled by the FSF -- already rivals Microsoft's in breadth, depth, and lines of code.
--Brett Glass
There are responses to this message:
- Re: Urgency gets noticed -- and in this case is justified, David Brown, 8/28/2000; 8:28:29 PM
- Re: Extremism is easier than moderation, Ken MacLeod, 8/28/2000; 8:52:07 PM
- Urgency gets noticed, but does not always get results, Seth Gordon, 8/29/2000; 8:27:26 AM
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