On Wed, 2003-03-26 at 01:12, Kaushik Ghose wrote: > Hi, > Perhaps not those examples, but let me give one from a line of > research I'm close to.
i don't think your examples are appropriate in this context. how deaf people choose to communicate among themselves affects no one but themselves. public opinion is not a considration here. but computing is a much more pervasive activity that touches everyone, directly or indirectly. social activism in the latter field is relevant and understandable, but not in the former. for example, a personal choice to use buggy software does not remain so personal when it is exploited to launch worldwide DoS attacks. and why does the question of forcing the use of free software arise at all? i proposed that we opt for free formats. people who wanted to use oue slides should respect our choice. that is all i said, yet suffered comparisons with microsoft. as far as i can see, my proposed strategy has nothing to do with M$'s coercive tactics in intent, degree or method. but if you're interested to pursue this, please mail me offline, because i'm not going to answer to this thread onlist any more. - 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
