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June 10, 2003
Geeks with Guns
Somewhat interesting perspective to emerge during a presentation today at the UK Government's Special Interest in Open Source Software. "You have Richard Stallman's Free Software Foundation on the left and Eric Raymond's Open Source Initiative on the right." A bit simplistic, I thought, until the speaker pointed out that Eric, author of the influencial The Cathedral and the Bazaar, also runs Geeks With Guns. The page title says it all.
Eric writes "Geeks and guns are a natural match. Open-source software is about getting freedom; personal firearms are about keeping it." Cool. I mustn't be a geek then. I feel freer without firearms in my tribe. I have enough technical troubles in my life without worrying about machines that kill.
Posted by .M. at June 10, 2003 07:19 PM
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Actually, GeeksWithGuns.com has NO ties at all to ESR.
Posted by: Wil Dobson at June 30, 2003 03:05 PM