2009/3/24 Harish Singh kumar.harish.singh@googlemail.com:
Uh. Where did you find that quote ? It sounds like you picked that one out
When people make rash comments without investigating the facts we can evaluate the person and their opinions better.
of a hat. That quote is inaccurate on so many levels, I wouldn't know where to start.
The original quote is here http://www.allgreatquotes.com/politician_quotes.shtml "Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote. -- William E. Simon"
FYI Debian is not an example of democracy by their own admission. Before you post something to a public forum you should check your notes.
Do you follow the elections of the DPL? What about the intense discussions on matters of policy within Debian? I guess you are talking through your hat. Read http://www.debian.org/devel/constitution and follow the appropriate MLs.
If you want to see democracy and its ill effects on a project head on over to http://lwn.net/Articles/197383/ (
Re: Democracy: No silver bullet ) http://lwn.net/Articles/197380/ ( Managing Gentoo - a study in quotes ).
There is nothing there in those links that contradicts what opinion I have expressed. The developers are expressing their individual opinions on the issues mentioned. If you feel that FSF-I need not follow transparency, democracy, dynamism, accountability then you and whoever else are free to keep that opinion. I can tell you quite confidently that if FSF-I follows such a path then it will not be long before the only people left with FSF-I are its office bearers.
<off-topic> Currently, the majority of the votes cast across the country are by uneducated people. They vote for a particular party because they are given certain incentives. The people who claim to be educated ie., the urban and educated lot and others give a variety of reasons for not partaking in this important responsibility towards our country. And then they complain... So because you did not vote the corrupt come to power. Check out the Ads by Times on TV they really emphasise on the point. A popular band from Christ College 'Thermal and a Quarter' came out with a song called 'Shut up and Vote' Watch it on youtube.
http://www.mid-day.com/poll2009/2009/mar/180309-Jaago-Re-One-Billion-Vote-Ca...
And if you do not like any of the contestants then at least cancel your vote so that it is not misused. So shut up about the problems and vote. </off-topic>