Re: Discussion - non-free software removal
On Fri, 2002-11-15 at 21:35, Stephen Zander wrote:
> >>>>> "Matt" == Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> writes:
> Matt> Here's another case where use of non-free software is being
> Matt> proposed as an alternative to fixing free software. xpdf
> Matt> works quite well on a majority of documents; is it not
> Matt> preferable to fix the remaining cases, rather than to spend
> Matt> time on Open Motif, or (worse) some obnoxious acroread
> Matt> installer?
>
> There are, however, a small but significant number of packages for
> which no Free alternative will ever exist, e.g. can you say Java2
> girls & boys?
Ever? That seems like a pretty bold claim, especially given that we
already have GCJ and the like.
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