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Things are very different now than in 1999. 1999 we were talking a few cgis and perl script that did funny stuff. Now we have google docs and facebook. I think
by jpablo 16y ago
Things are very different now than in 1999. 1999 we were talking a few cgis and perl script that did funny stuff. Now we have google docs and facebook. I think that is a very significant change that would account for the different view.
I think the idea is the same, but the scales and implementation and hugely different.
- orblivion 16y agoYes but Stallman is an unrelenting moral absolutist when it comes to software. Scales wouldn't make him change his stance, just the scale of his stance.
- jpablo 16y agoBut he did changed his stance. What is your point anyway ?
- orblivion 16y agoWell, yes he changed his stance altogether, that's sortof what I'm saying. He's not giving a different position for a different situation, because as you said, the idea is the same. From what I've seen of him, he's not into gray areas, so this is an altogether different point of view coming from him. In other words, if you asked him today about the 90s, he would say the same thing as in this recent video.