On Thu, Nov 16, 2023 at 02:24:05PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote:
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> > "You get what you settle for."
> > -- Thelma and Louise
>
> I settled for Debian. Worked out OK 'til now.
This.
Cheers
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>> But mail as "they" know it has nothing to do with transport or
>> networking. They know it as a service not as anything else.
>> Like electricity. The "freedom" to exchange email is what
>> matters to them.
> Especially if they can control that freedom.
I think the "they" above referred to the
On Tue Nov 14 13:25:36 2023 Nicholas Geovanis
wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 13, 2023, 12:35 PM wrote:
>
>> But yes, in a way convenience can drown out freedom. See that other
>> thread in this mailing list about mail providers. All people flocking
>> to gmail although it's clear that Google would like t
On Tue, Nov 14, 2023 at 11:36:18AM -0600, Nicholas Geovanis wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 13, 2023, 12:35 PM wrote:
>
> >
> > But yes, in a way convenience can drown out freedom [...]
> But mail as "they" know it has nothing to do with transport or networking.
> They know it as a service not as anything
On Mon, Nov 13, 2023, 12:35 PM wrote:
>
> But yes, in a way convenience can drown out freedom. See that other
> thread in this mailing list about mail providers. All people flocking
> to gmail although it's clear that Google would like to kill mail
> as we know it.
>
But mail as "they" know it h
On Mon, Nov 13, 2023, 2:56 PM Stefan Monnier
wrote:
> > In my experience I get much better support from the user community of
> > an open source product then I get from paid support of a commercial
> > product. Frequently I know more about the product than the person I am
> > dealing with.
>
> Sa
On Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 08:17:20AM -0600, John Hasler wrote:
> Stefan Monnier writes:
> > I think this still only covers a small fraction of the problem. It
> > just lowers the bar of the "technically-inclined" limit. I think many
> > more people just want to have someone they can call on the ph
Stefan Monnier writes:
> I think this still only covers a small fraction of the problem. It
> just lowers the bar of the "technically-inclined" limit. I think many
> more people just want to have someone they can call on the phone to
> help them get through their yearly technical problem.
I thi
> In my experience I get much better support from the user community of
> an open source product then I get from paid support of a commercial
> product. Frequently I know more about the product than the person I am
> dealing with.
Same for me. But I suspect we're in the minority.
Stefan
On Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 7:48 AM Stefan Monnier wrote:
>
> >> Indeed, technically-inclined people are often better served with Free
> >> Software, and Free Software can also be a great choice for large
> >> corporations who can either have on-site techsupport people or can hire
> >> external suppor
>> Indeed, technically-inclined people are often better served with Free
>> Software, and Free Software can also be a great choice for large
>> corporations who can either have on-site techsupport people or can hire
>> external support, but it is a lot more difficult to find commercial
>> support f
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