[Discuss] excuse me?

[Brij Charan]

Ya I agree with you cody, I'm not saying free vs commercial in anyway.

I'm just saying that maybe he should stop beating a dead horse.
We've been through this all already with him.

On 8/14/07, Cody Swanson <mailinglists at sysop.ca> wrote:
>
> Not to overstep my bounds at all and I'm not directing this at anyone on
> the list, it's more of just a rant on the Stallman point of view. I've
> been using linux for over 10 years, I've always had a Linux machine on
> my desk. At the same time I've also always had a windows machine on my
> desk because popular software is only available for that platform. I
> believe that using proprietary software on Linux is just as acceptable
> as using open source software on windows. Anyone who works in enterprise
> has to accept this early on, we run lots of proprietary apps on linux.
> From a practical standpoint it's not reasonable to expect everyone to
> only use free software, if people are willing to pay for something then
> who am I to stop them from using it. In fact, the more apps a platform
> runs the more likely it is to be accepted as a viable alternative to
> Windows.
>
> One fine example is photoshop, there just isn't an equal on Linux. If
> Adobe put time into making a good port of it to Linux I'm sure it would
> help the acceptance of Linux in production graphics world allowing PC
> users to run a decent stable OS that runs the tools they want without
> paying the Windows or Apple tax. Another good example is drivers, if
> more hardware vendors released Linux binary only drivers I wouldn't be
> stuck messing with NDIS wrapper trying to get my damned wifi card to
> work. Sure open source drivers would be great but Joe consumer doesn't
> give a rats ass about the principle, he just wants the hardware he has
> to work. I think the more hurdles like this we overcome, the more market
> share Linux will consume.
>
> I think Stallman's view that all software should be free is a great idea
> but completely impractical in the world we live in. I'd rather have a
> Linux box that can run all the applications I need and use all my
> hardware without hours of screwing around.
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Brij Charan
Software Developer, Specializing in UI Development.