On Sat, 2003-03-22 at 10:04, Indranil Das Gupta wrote: > Ahem! Are you sure that's 10 - 15% of viewership?
nah, just guessing. i assumed some of them would actually go and download OOo. some people do, you know. > I'll only say this -- *that slice* is the *potential* new FLOSS users who want > to start using Linux. Restrict their options, you drive them away. what from? if we aren't doing it to be free, what are we doing it for? why should we care how many people use a particular kernel? > You are assuming everyones motivation and reason for using FLOSS is uniform > throughout. Well, this may be a surprise to you, but it isn't! there are the practical benefits touted by the opensource people. but does that explain the movement? hey, there are thousands of things in the world that have practical benefits - how many of them have user groups? > I'm reminded a comment I read on /. about RMS -- "He claims he is an atheist, > Hmmm... He worships him own ideas" :^) give me a better god, i'll convert. > Seems to me you are confused/unaware of the diff betwn niche segment adoption > and mass-scale adoption issues/principles. round and round we go, and come back to the number-of-users argument. hey, are we running a business here? 'nuf said. > Well, I'm yet to hear any *compelling* reason for moving from my stand of having > multiple format d/l options.... i'm waiting guys, don't disappoint me! ;-) i'm afraid i have nothing that you shall find compelling. no more from me on this thread. - t. -- cogito, ergo es. -- 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
