On 8/29/06, Aaron J. Seigo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Tuesday 29 August 2006 12:07, Jon wrote:
> Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> > On Tuesday 29 August 2006 9:53, Jon wrote:
> > let's not confuse the discussion by trying to switch the topic
> > from "proprietary operating systems such as windows" to "proprietary
> > client software such as skype". thanks.
>
> I'm pleasantly surprised you acknowledge a difference. I honestly didn't
> think that you did.
for my personal usage i'm pretty (though not absolutely) strict about these
things, but for general purpose computing i recognize that:
- using certain proprietary software "higher up" in the stack (e.g. skype,
media codecs or flash) allows more people to use free software "lower in the
stack" (e.g. linux and kde) as their tech foundation
- the more people using free software as their foundation environment, the
greater the odds even more people can use it due to greater software
availability (both proprietary and Free) that follows a greater market
- that there is also a difference between "proprietary" and topics such as
DRM and that the long term goal is to continue to ease the reliance on
proprietary solutions
> You're not such a hardass...
uh-oh. don't let that get out, i have a rep to maintain or something ;)
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Aaron J. Seigo
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