Hi, ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kaushik Ghose" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ilug calcutta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 2:27 AM Subject: Re: [ilug-cal] Re: Slide Formats
<snipped> > At the end of it, you have taken the same choices that MS has. > Arn't these choices the reason why people dislike the MS model ? > Will people now not dislike your model too ? "People can have it any color as long as it is black" -- Henry Ford on Mode -T Ford Thanks to Kaushik, for bringing up the issue of "choice". Back in the old days, before it became *kewl* to advocate Linux, I remember, we used to say to our audience something like "Using Linux is about having a choice" These days, we seem to be so full of ourselves, what with all the talk about Linux being enterprise-ready, we seem to have forgetten that old statement. Take choice away from the users you strike at the very base of FLOSS philosophy, unfortunately for some of our more enlightened brothers FLOSS is gradually becoming the *only* choice. :-( --indra. -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
