On Sun, 8 Jan 2006 16:39:20 +0100, Stephan Hermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Sure, this implies that we have tools, where normal people can work > with. Normal people barley or never used cli tools. Way to go trying to get me to work for free on stuff you want -- by calling me a freak of nature. What makes you think I am not normal? > So, thinking about those people, we have to change some ways. And what is my incentive? What is my motivation for doing so? > It means that even more people will find their way to contribute to > free and open source software. Thinking about support, translations, > ideas. Working for such a project like Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, > Gentoo, you name it, doesn't mean only packaging, writing code or > administrating something. The masses of the users are just using our > systems to work in their office, their home, or whatever you can use > our systems. Those users will contribute back. And that should be > the goal, contributions from the "outside world". Ah. I change my OS to something that I don't like so I attract even more people who do not think like me (and think I am abnormal) so they continue to change my OS in ways I did not like in the first place? Am I supposed to be stupid as well as abnormal? > Well, we can't change the world totally, but avoiding a tool, > because it's free, but non-free source, it's more a joke then > anything else, because I had to avoid many of the services I need in > my daily developers world. You may think of our social contract about keeping Debian 100% free, and not letting it depend on non-free stuff as a joke. That is certainly your prerogative. But I think trying to tell us our common cause is a joke, and we should change, is the height of hubris. manoj -- The only thing cheaper than hardware is talk. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]