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Re: Commercial programs in Debian



Hi again
   Thank you Goswin and Alexander for nice ideas. I will do something into 
these directions.
   About the idea below. Debian and more or less Linux has now been banned 
from my institution even if I have been able to solve a lot of peoples 
problems with it. 
   Looking at a guy copying plots directly from some commercial program into 
Word on a Windows computer, 10 to 100 times faster than I can do with gnuplot 
makes me wonder if I am on the right track. The programs that I have 
mentioned need to work on Debian and they need to work better with open 
source programs if I will be able to continue use Debian or even Linux for 
the desktop applications. I could switch to Windows, get a perfect GUI and 
run the calculations on a Linux backend as most people do. It might save me 
time.

Regards
Gudjon

> This is a most un-Debian-like thing to be doing.  Instead of running
> non-Free software on Debian, we should be seeking to create real Free
> alternatives {although, demanding source code from vendors would certainly
> not hurt.  I have nothing in principle against the use of reasonable force
> in the course of obtaining Source Code.}
>
> Availability of Source Code is *the* single biggest reason why so much of
> the software that is found in Debian can run on so many different
> architectures {second only to NetBSD if I recall correctly?}  That
> diversity is something we should be proud of.  *Un*availability of Source
> Code has already destroyed a certain other operating system:  every new
> release has to support a growing heap of legacy code, and every insecurity
> ever exploited by a legitimate program has to remain.
>
> --
> AJS
> delta echo bravo six four at earthshod dot co dot uk



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