I agree with your teacher on theoretical grounds, but practical considerations may hinder you from writing for a totally free system. This is the old question among activists: Should you adhere to your virtues completely or change things incrementally by making compromises? I heard from an old-timer activist that it's best to "do what you can," because trying to do more, and to be a purist, may cause you to quit altogether.
On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 11:09:03PM -0300, michel wrote: > > Hello, > > A teacher told me that he is worried about the Windows version of PSPP. > According to him I'm collaborating with Windows and fighting against Free > Software, > since with my binaries the users don't have to change to a open OS. > > I myself thing that any change must be gradual, and so make those versions > helps the process, > because users can migrate step by step to an open environment. I don't > think users will migrate > immediately to a 100% Opensource system. It's more likely that they will > change a software by > time. Here on Brazil, a lot of users already know and uses Open Office, > for example. > > What do you think about this? > > Best regards, > > Michel Boaventura > > > _______________________________________________ > Pspp-users mailing list > Pspp-users@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pspp-users _______________________________________________ Pspp-users mailing list Pspp-users@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pspp-users
