Re: Thoughts on "Needs of users" vs. "Free software"
On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 05:32:06PM -0400, jpb wrote:
> Starting with Woody, how about having the non-free packages recommend
> the free package that provides the same functionality?
suggest would be better. Don't attack the user, educate the user.
> Combined with
> having the free package set to conflict with the non-free (likely to
> already be in place),
So I would have to remove mozilla to use netscape? Why would I ever switch to
mozilla if I couldn't try it out without removing netscape? I have free
replacements installed alongside almost every non-free program I have
installed, frequently because the free one (or neither of them) provides
everything I need. When and if the free version gives me everything I
need I will switch over, but I can't do that if I can't test it out
before changing.
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