On Fri, 2010-12-17 at 11:33 +0530, Yogesh Girikumar wrote: > 2010/12/16 Narendra Sisodiya <[email protected]> > > > On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 6:01 PM, Yogesh Girikumar <[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > 2010/12/16 Narendra Sisodiya <[email protected]> > > > > > > > On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Girish Venkatachalam < > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Teamviewer > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Please do not promote non-FOSS stuff here !! > > > > > > > > > Why not? This is a LUG and not an FSUG! :) And to promote Linux, it's not > > > all that bad to suggest proprietary s/w if there's no competent free > > > software alternatives IMHO. If I'm wrong please correct me. If the reply > > is > > > going to be long, we'll have it in a separate thread. :) > > > > > > There is foss alternate for everything , it may be superior or poor.. > > LUG is just a name.. LUG is not for promoting Linux kernel.. Its not a > > kernel mailing list.. We deal with Open Technology.. > > Yes, it is very bad idea for suggesting non-foss s/w. > > Strongly bad idea. one should be banned for promoting such software. > > > > My views are different. You may be right saying there's a FOSS alternative > for everything. But a newbie who doesn't care about free software principles > will find it unappealing if you suggest a free software which is not mature > / superior. You and I may be OK with it but he may not be. While it's a good > thing to promote free software, we must also keep in mind that the user just > needs to get his work done. If he's a FLOSS enthusiast, good. But if he is > not and is considering using Linux, then we mustn't discourage him by giving > him something that does not get his work done (in the name of promoting open > tech.). He may be put off. If I were a new Linux user, I'd like to be > suggested superior software (that works on Linux), regardless of whether or > not it's open source. I'd really like it if someone says "Hey, this is what > you need. It's proprietary. But there's also an interesting open source > alternative, you might want to check it out..". and then he can do the > evangelism stuff. This is from my experience with new Linux users. > > Yogesh G. I am fully agree with you it has been my experience too GY _______________________________________________ > ILUGC Mailing List: > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
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