[mythtv-users] Let's get our heads straight here on listings solutions

jedi at mishnet.org jedi at mishnet.org
Fri Jun 22 19:38:36 UTC 2007


[deletia]
>>On Fri, Jun 22, 2007 at 12:26:33PM -0500, jedi at mishnet.org wrote:
>
>>> As far as changing the tide goes...
>>>
>>> I suppose your right. No one would ever follow a freak from MIT
>>> that never bathes or some kid from Helsinki that has an unhealthy
>>> fixation with penguins.
>
> Go back and read the original post and re-read the motivational logic.
> Your
> examples here don't apply. All of those people did what they did for
> purely



> selfish reasons. (Linus wrote the linux kernel because he was sick of the
> high UNIX licensing costs etc) They were followed for the same motivations
> (people wanted what they provided). They had the "Ferrari electric car"
> thinking. They didn't come up with a horrible idea and ram it down
> everyone's throats. They did something people wanted. End of story.
>
>>>
>>> ...and no Fortune 500 CIO would let you run an Enterprise RDBMS
>>> on software cobbled together from across the globe by dreamers,
>>> hippies and potential competitors.
>
> Of course they would, if it served their interests (cost savings, higher
> profits etc).
>
> You really aren't following the logic here. Every action is in some way
> selfish - EVERY ACTION, without exception. Even giving your life for
> another
> is selfish because you are satisfying your own moral code and receive a
> spiritual payoff (albeit you only get to enjoy it for a micro-second or
> two). It's quite common for these selfish behaviors to also benefit
> others.
> The whole idea of barter evolved from this.
>
>
> My whole point here was not to say that people aren't having good ideas
> here. Anyone who really read my post would see that (who's not reading now
> -
> hmmmmm?). The point is that we need to focus on a solution that will
> benefit
> the provider. If we can create that the other problems will solve
> themselves. Some of the ideas currently being bantered about are
> fundamentally flawed and we shouldn't waste time on them.
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