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| DATE | 2003-02-13 |
| FROM | From: "Stanley A. Klein"
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Re: eGovOS conference in D.C.
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At 05:08 AM 2/13/2003 -0500, Richard Stallman wrote:
>Argiung about jobs, and who is the real procurement insider, is a
>distraction no matter who does it. I hope everyone will stay away
>from this.
>
I strongly disagree with you on this.
The anger that fuels this situation appears to me to be based on concern
about jobs. And that anger seems to be leading to a very counterproductive
sequence of events that have already started.
You would have to be a philosopher, a luftmentsh, or someone with an
independent, relatively-secure source of income to seriously regard concern
about jobs as a distraction.
Let me quote from two emails sent by Ruben:
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On 2/9 he wrote:
I know the market in the NYC area. I'm resposnsilbe to over 100
Free Software skilled workers, the greater bulk of them unemployeed
since September of 2001
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And on 2/12 he wrote:
This is not right. The results of LWE took money out of David Sugar's
pocket and cost my membership money.
.....
People need to be put in a position of having to think three time before
putting the livelyhood of FS deveopers in jeopardy.
Brad... how many children do you have to feed? David and I together make
over 10.
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When people's core needs are threatened, they don't think in terms of
abstract principles. They do what they think they need to do, even if it
is counterproductive.
Only when they become more secure do they return to thinking about abstract
principles.
In terms of abstract principles, jobs and what it takes to get them may be
a sidebar and a distraction. But to worried breadwinners they are a
central issue.
Stan Klein
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