On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 11:24:26AM -0600, Steve G. wrote: > 1. You can't say RMS is not a leading voice of free software. Then there is > mint. Then there are others. > > 2. The advantage of diversity is that if MS drops skype, and there is a > market need, they would come up with an alternative. And if not, there is > always Apple, Oracle, or another business that will gladly jump in. Not > forgetting OSS solutions, if any.
Oracle's alternative to Skype is? Apple's is? > > 3. The problem is VMware and VirtualBox on Ubuntu, not the OS. Vmware links > directly to version dependent libraries (even if the number, not the > library, changes one has to recompile). VB has not been working well for me. Which is a problem because you don't have the source. > > 4. There are advantages - in addition to price - to OSS products. There are > also advantages to capital-driven-products, be they somewhat open (MS > partner driven approach) or more closed (Apple controlled approach). > > 5. If one considers OSS a religion, their Gods have just lost some of their > shine. Hmmm... nice logic here in 5. I gather you're a member of the church of Emacs (St IGNUcius is merely a saint, you know. Not a God). -- Tzafrir Cohen | tzaf...@jabber.org | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's tzaf...@cohens.org.il | | best tzaf...@debian.org | | friend _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
