Hi, > According to Richard Stallman (.. whom I personally respect), 'User should > experience a freedom to use the software'. > But I think that the freedom they wanted was quiet right at their era, > because computers were used by mostly technical people. > So that category of people required free and open source software.
So Freedom is less important to non-technical users ? I think not. By this analogy, people should not care about about their freedom anymore - our grandfathers and grandmothers are the "category" of people in whose era freedom was important ... > But in today s world even common public is also using the computer I mean > Non-Technical personals also using the computers for their general work. > And more importantly, Thing about software that it is Free or Paid does not > matter to them > (.. mostly all of them use pirated copies of the software). > They are more comfortable with that. > The case which I have described above, may not be applicable to large or > middle scale industries, but personals which work at low level, like Doctors, > Departmental Stores, Medical Stores. > > So there seems to be limitation over spreading of FOSS software. > I think there is need to update the objectives of FOSS. > But while praising for FOSS , we should consider these aspects also. > I don't get the point... What should be the objectives of FOSS ? How do they change with inclusion of non-technical people? What should change ? Though FOSS has evolved during the years, its core principles remain the same. > The condition I described above, does not mean that I am against FOSS. But I > think, I have expressed whatever I wanted. You are free to express your thoughts, as am I :) - Article 19 of the constitution gives ensures your right to freedom of speech. Welcome to the world of FOSS. Cheers Devendra -- May the Source be with you. _______________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List
