On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:25:18 +0530, Unknown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Ahem, coming to the point, shouldn't we rather channelise our energies
> towards making *all* these prominent platforms work together
> seamlessly, at least pointing to ways to achieve that objective?
No. I am not going to spend any energy supporting, or promoting
non-free software or non-free platforms. Your mileage may of course
vary; but my goals are closely related to freedom of software
long-term, not short term expediency.
> Well no matter how hard every linuxer tries, every computer user on
> earth won't shift to Linux!!
That's their problem.
> Well I love my GNU box but to be frank I used Windoze without a single
> glitch since the last 4 yrs! Not a single reformat, reinstall, "virus
> epidemic" or any destructive maintenance operation for that matter!
> And I believe it will always be the same for my Linux box unless i
> remain utterly careless and ignorant about its functioning. So, thats
> the point. If well maintained, both these systems work to satisfactory
> level of efficiency.
Closed systems, while trampling of freedoms of the user, might
well work withing parameters. That in no way means I am going to spend
any effort supporting them, or trying to interact with them.
I am not opposing other people doing what they want; I just
strongly reject that that is what people in a free software related
forum should be working towards.
manoj
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