2010/9/20 Siju George <[email protected]>: > for spin doctors ofcourse :-) > I don't want to get into an argument! > Emacs is there on windows so why change to FOSS OS huh?
They get to learn about Free Software even when on Windows, so it might motivate them to move fully, and given them confidence and comfort that they are already familiar with emacs (Open Office, Firefox, Pidgin to extend it). But when we already chose a Free Os, and there is proprietary software, what message does that send? What does it encourage? But I respect your views, every one may not be having the same views. There are compromises and some of them may be OK, based on what one believe. So different people make different compromises based on their views. When GNU project started, we had to use Unix to develop it, because that was the option available. But when we have a Free OS, what is the rationale for continuing with proprietary Unix? We may not be where we would ideally want to be today, but the direction we take decides where we will land up. We may be going in different directions, but lets work together when we are on the same road! PS: Did you try Debian GNU/kFreeBSD? http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/kfreebsd-amd64/daily/netboot/ -- പ്രവീണ് അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില് You have to keep reminding your government that you don't get your rights from them; you give them permission to rule, only so long as they follow the rules: laws and constitution. _______________________________________________ Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org #[email protected]
