On Monday 21 January 2008 12:48, Andrew Savory wrote: > Ah, but you're making assumptions on what I do. I do practise what I preach > - I use the same software to host my sites as I encourage customers to use. > I do not (and would not) preach to customers that they should switch to > Linux desktops, OpenOffice, etc - except in a few very special cases - and > so there's nothing hypocritical here.
Ah, I understand now. You're a bit like an 18th-century liberal espousing universal suffrage, but not for the lower classes, women or blacks. I still don't see how the zealotry of insisting that closed software should still have a privileged position in the landscape wins out over the pragmatism of advocating the benefits of free software (eg access to your own data), but that's a circle for you to square. I find it hard to believe that the time or useability advantages are all on one side, however. > It's a bit like saying that everybody should do their bit > > to reduce global warming, but that your work requires you to hop on a > > plane > > every week - your message is bound to be weakened somewhat. > > Was the net effect of Al Gore's work positive or negative? Positive. > How many flights did he make whilst doing his presentations? Lots. > Was his message weakened? Only to those with a weak grasp on reality to > being with. I never mentioned Al Gore - I had in mind the common or garden business person, in fact. their message would certainly be weakened ... if it were sincere to begin with, of course. -- Pob hwyl / Best wishes Kevin Donnelly www.klebran.org.uk - Gwirydd gramadeg rhydd i'r Gymraeg www.eurfa.org.uk - Geiriadur rhydd i'r Gymraeg www.rhedadur.org.uk - Rhedeg berfau Cymraeg _______________________________________________ Fsfe-uk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-uk
