[Discuss] excuse me?

[Cody Swanson]

10-4, just chiming in on the free vs open debate side of things. This is 
a pretty active list, gave me some entertainment today. :-)

Brij Charan wrote:
> Ya I agree with you cody, I'm not saying free vs commercial in anyway.
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> I'm just saying that maybe he should stop beating a dead horse.
> We've been through this all already with him.
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> On 8/14/07, Cody Swanson <mailinglists at sysop.ca> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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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