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Re: Galeon R.I.P?



On Jan 1, 2008 7:10 AM, s. keeling <keeling@nucleus.com> wrote:
> Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca>:
> >  On Dec 30, 2007 7:11 AM, default <plute@sdf-eu.org> wrote:
> > > On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 03:02:34 -0800, Angus Auld wrote:
> > >
> > > > It does seem pretty fast. Personally, I use Opera, and it's been my
> > >
> > > Same here. I've tried quite a few browsers, but none keep up with opera
> > > for speed. Shame it's not Open Source, but you can't have everything.
> >
> >  You could boycott it for being proprietary.  That's the morally
> >  correct answer.
>
> Since when does proprietary == immoral?  Who made your CPU?  Intel or
> AMD?  Aren't they proprietary?

Hardware has scarcity which software lacks.  There's no economic
reason to sell software.  Programmers should sell their service since
trying to sell the product is, by definition, going to piss customers
off and limits their freedoms.

-- 
Paul Johnson
baloo@ursine.ca


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