On Thu, 2010-09-30 at 18:02 +0530, Vinayak Kulkarni wrote: > Hi Mayuresh > > >>It's time we try and state some real differentiators that matter to > >>people. Cost may be one of them but we need more substantial ones. > > That is what the point I wanted to raise, > We really need to think about non-technical people.
Who is this 'we'? Have 'you' ever filed a bug report to a free software project? Have 'you' ever contributed to the documentation of a free software project? Have 'you' ever submitted a feature request? Have 'you' ever contributed code to a free software project? If you have, well done; you have done your bit. Please continue doing it. The only thing that any member of the community needs to do is try his/her best to improve the software he/she uses. Free software give him/her the freedom and tools to do that. That is all that free software has ever promised really. The one thing proprietary software can never do is give the user a satisfaction that comes from contributing. Those inclined towards contributing to the greater good will adopt free software. Others won't. -aditya _______________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List
