Senthil posts:

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_I feel_ that discussing/arguing about Philosophy is vain

Feeling and discussing are two different actions. I feel that the philosophy of software sharing is good. Mailing List discussions are articulations having an effect of clarifying the underlying philosophy of sharing. I have learned a lot from such articulations. And as such, these clarifications should not cease from happening, it should continue and they shall never be seen as vain.

On the contrary I see most of the "LUGS" discussing superficial technical issues and generally do not have any idea of where they are going. In these "LUGS" you find a bunch of experts who are vain and are very wary of sharing what they know. They have their own caucuses.

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Any thoughtful material I find, I absorb it and get back to work. And that's how I see most of my friends are

I see most of my friends as discussing things of common interest. We absorb things and help each other, rather than keeping things which we may have learnt, to ourselves.