On Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 09:21:37AM +0000, Andrew Suffield wrote:
> > free software is good. If some software has to be non-free untill better
> > alternatives arise let it be soo.
> They arose years ago, in the shape of Linux and the Hurd. Guess you
> were too busy using non-free systems to notice...
No I does since 92 regarly use Linux for a loot of work, this pice of
text in written in 100% what I consider free software, my opion may not
be the same as rms. But still this or any free-software based enviroment
of today has short-commings, either in hard ware support, och in
appliactions or something else to do all tasks. To ignore this fact and
say that everything is perfect I personaly think is the best way to
destroy free-software.
To evolv free-software one has to be aware of what other tools are
capable of. Find out what is good and bad in then and the free-software.
If one dosn't know the short comming one couldn't make it better.
ON the same way, as long as users of Windows knows that Debian
GNU/Linux is the alternative where nothing works. And nothing in there
world so far is IE, Outlook, Powerpoint and Word. Then they won't use
Debian even if they get it installed. If hey on the other hand get used
to all the good software in Debian the slow and easy way, not restarting
just adding it, some, a few more might thing that it's actually usefull.
Then open-source gains... I like to see this as a possitive change,
instead of them talking bad about Debian that cant be use for anything
usefull.
/ Balp
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