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Story: My response to Richard Stallman
Posted by: Average Smoe (Tuesday 2 March 2004, 5:05 PM)
I always find these conversations amusing. I use a computer at work and when I am at home. At work the company technician sets it up per the company requirements. I don't have any input. At home I occasionally use Word to write a letter and I occasionally cruise the net. I could care less who makes my software. Open source or Proprietary – who cares? I don’t and neither does the other billions of people that use software. At work I don’t pay for it and at home I will find the most economical way to buy software. If it is free – it’even better. The only one’s that care about this are the 200,000 computer geeks in the world. No offense meant - but it is true. I think you guys all need to take your heads out of your keyboards for a while and enjoy the benefits of fresh air down by the seaside. It has been open source for years.
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Story: My response to Richard Stallman
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I am free to modify my schwinn after I have bought... Anonymous -
Yes, you are free to change your Schwinn. You are... John Carroll
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It's all about choice. I choose to use free softwa... Anonymous
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> It's all about choice. I choose to
> use free s... John Carroll
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> Stallman is saying that we should ONLY
> have op... Anonymous
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This raises an interesting question about support.... Anonymous
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Some more clarifications............................. John Carroll
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John Carrol revaricated in the following manner:
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To the previous poster............................... John Carroll
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John,
Real freedom in this arena means that... Jamie Miller -
I'm sorry, John. Truly. I hope you don't feel offe... NNTZ
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To NNTZ, the conehead responds....................... John Carroll
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I agree with John.
Most users are not that interes... Esther Payne
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Never heard of Lindows...
Lindows is based on GPL... Anonymous
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From the writings I've read on this subject, the a... Neil Taggart
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I always find these conversations amusing. I use a... Average Smoe -
The "Open Source" debate has many sides, and usual... Sander Stoks
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