great now this discussion is fanning out in to a debate of politics. politics aside i would like to point out that, most people use an app/ service based on its useablity/functionality and not its licensing conditions. i ve lot of friends who use google video chat and i cant force them to use some new IM protocols just because i'm using linux. bottomline is this, having mainstream apps, proprietary or non proprietary, available to linux platform will be helpful in increasing its adoption. now when i am using linux and friends ask "can i use google talk in linux??" i can say a definite "yes" and maybe down the line get them interested in trying out linux.
On Sep 15, 12:19 pm, "V. Sasi Kumar" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 2010-09-15 at 11:09 +0530, JeevZ wrote: > > and my point was if you r fanatic about Freedom then try to stop all > > other proprietary services.. not only on tech-no world.. On other > > words, if u use proprietary services, you must admit its good sides > > too.. > > I think fanatic is too strong a word to use in this context. Would you > say that Gandhiji was a fanatic for freedom? Or Mandela for that matter? > I know that there are people who believe that the British rule did a lot > of good for the country, and some even say that it would have been so > much better if the British were still ruling India, because, apparently > according to them, we would have had much less problems. From that point > of view, Gandhiji, Subhash Chandra Bose and so many others become > fanatics. Moreover, let us remember that we are talking about the > software world. That certainly does not mean that we are quite happy > with everything else. Just a look at RMS's blog would show what all > things he fights. But right now, here, we are concerned about software > and we certainly cannot take on the whole world and make everything > free. Each one of us, as individuals, may have a number of concerns, but > cannot fight battles in all fronts simultaneously. > > Best > Sasi > > -- > V. Sasi Kumar > Free Software Foundation of Indiahttp://swatantryam.blogspot.com -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
