Guillaume Cottenceau wrote:
>George Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>>Correct me if I'm wrong, but it sounds like you and the app
>>vendor are at having a standoff as to who is going to solve the
>>problem and NEITHER of you care that the user is getting screwed
>>in the equation. Now I really don't expect Corel to care whether
>>the user gets screwed or not, but I somehow would expect more of
>>Mandrake. Am I expecting too much here?
>>
>
>We're not talking about the same thing here. One thing is the
>ethical/moral issue, another thing is user satisfaction. Of
>course as a company our main goal is user satisfaction, yet
>sometimes this aim clashes with another issue, and we can't say
>that promoting free software is not deeply connected to user
>satisfaction if you see it more globally.
>
>
So now with free software we have a choice! We can choose proprietary
software and be screwed by their immorality, or we can choose free
software and be screwed by its morality. Or we can be stuck in the
middle and get it from both at the same time. Actually I'm just trying
to stir the pot here. You guys are number one, and I mean that
sincerely. But hopefully you get my point.
