Edward Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think both your goal and his (spreading free software at the > expense of non-free) are counterproductive.
Huh? A goal is counterproductive? By what do you measure "counterproductive", if not the goal? > Organizations (and people) should look for the software that best > fits their needs. Sometimes that means highest technical quality. > Sometimes it means open standards or open source. Sometimes it > means features X, Y, and Z. Sometimes it means vendor support. > Often it's a combination. A successful project should focus on > discovering and meeting its users' needs. Again, success is measured by the goal. My goal is to increase the freedom of software users. > Spreading open source for its own sake helps no one. Increasing the freedom of software users helps all software users, except those who want that freedom restricted. -- \ "Last year I went fishing with Salvador Dali. He was using a | `\ dotted line. He caught every other fish." -- Steven Wright | _o__) | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
