Re:(OT) gnash vs. flash (was Re: Why does installing gnome ...)
On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:35:25 -0400 (EDT), Neal Hogan wrote:
> I highly suspect a flame-war here, but isn't against the
> "Stallmanian-principle" for a linux machines to play with those
> proprietary kids AT ALL. That is, debian (or any other linux) should
> not even consider talking with that kind of software. I'm just curious
> how many linux users/devs/etc maintain that position, given that I'm
> not one of those users.
I can only speak for myself. I am a Linux user and system administrator.
I am not a Debian package maintainer or Debian developer. I *STRONGLY*
prefer free (as in freedom and as in price) software over non-free
software. But I'm just pragmatic enough that I want it to work.
If there was a reliable, stable, free flash plugin, I'd use it. But
there's just too many flash sequences that the free stuff can't handle
properly. At least not yet. If web sites didn't use this stuff, then
we Linux users wouldn't have to worry about it. But they do. And as
much as I hate flash, I am forced to deal with it. And I want something
that works. The "it works" feature is the most important feature to me.
As soon as free software has that characteristic, I use it and dump the
proprietary stuff. But it has to get there first. That's my two cents
worth.
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