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Re: Is negative publicity always harmful?
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Dmitry Alexandrov |
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Re: Is negative publicity always harmful? |
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Tue, 05 Nov 2019 21:48:36 +0300 |
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Brandon Invergo <brandon@gnu.org> wrote:
> Dmitry Alexandrov writes:
>> Iʼm afraid, you conflated two points. Publicity that undermine the core
>> competency of an organization — yes, is perhaps is the most harmful thing
>> for it.
>>
>> While negative publicity on irrelevant topics is either much less harmful,
>> or sometimes even beneficial.
>>
>> Dr. Stallman has been always, in almost every his speech, pointed out, that
>> in terms of publicity everything is still so bad, that he has to struggle to
>> make it known that GNU and free software movement in general merely exist.
>> And that they are not the same as Linux® and ‘open source’, in particular.
>>
>> Under that conditions, any kind of public attention to GNU should be
>> welcoming.
>
> As I previously requested, please let's drop discussions of particular
> people, especially when it comes to what they said or did outside of GNU. I
> know you are not attacking but standing in rms's defense
No, I actually did not defend him specifically. If Sandra have posted her rant
not here, but in some place where it could reach those who are unaware of free
software, I would present the very same arguments in her defence.
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- Re: Is negative publicity always harmful?, (continued)
- Re: Is negative publicity always harmful?, Ruben Safir, 2019/11/06
- Re: Is negative publicity always harmful?, Thompson, David, 2019/11/06
- Re: Is negative publicity always harmful?, Jean Louis, 2019/11/06
- Re: Is negative publicity always harmful?, Thompson, David, 2019/11/06
- Re: Is negative publicity always harmful?, Jean Louis, 2019/11/06
- Re: Is negative publicity always harmful?, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2019/11/06
- Re: Is negative publicity always harmful?, Alexandre François Garreau, 2019/11/06
- Re: Is negative publicity always harmful?, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2019/11/06
- Re: Is negative publicity always harmful?, Alexandre François Garreau, 2019/11/06
- Re: Is negative publicity always harmful?, Ruben Safir, 2019/11/06
Re: Is negative publicity always harmful?,
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