[SGVLUG] wiki scanner fallout...

[John E. Kreznar]

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David Lawyer <dave at lafn.org> writes:

> > Microsoft "dishes the dirt" on Eric Raymond
> > by Anonymous
> > ---------------------------------------------
> > According to a Microsoft IP, noted open source advocate Eric Raymond
> > "hijacked the FSF movement for the sake of self promotion", "has never
> > actually written any significant software" and "has contributed very
> > little free software himself".

> This may be partly true.  But they are omitting favorable points.  I
> wrote several sentences some critical and some favorable re him.

As far as I know, his authorship of the critical infrastructure
program fetchmail is not in question.  This alone negates two of
Microsoft's three points.  (When was that written, anyway?)

fetchmail(1)                                                      fetchmail(1)



NAME
       fetchmail - fetch mail from a POP, IMAP, ETRN, or ODMR-capable server


SYNOPSIS
       fetchmail [option...] [mailserver...]
       fetchmailconf


DESCRIPTION
       fetchmail  is  a mail-retrieval and forwarding utility; it fetches mail
       from  remote  mailservers  and  forwards  it  to  your  local  (client)
       machine's  delivery  system.

       [...]


AUTHOR
       Eric S. Raymond <esr at snark.thyrsus.com>.

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 John E. Kreznar jek at ininx.com 9F1148454619A5F08550 705961A47CC541AFEF13
         Microsoft is an oil spill on the Internet

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