Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote: > On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 11:53 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> that is for linux - we need one for odf. >> > > ah... missed that point. Probably because I thought Mamooty is > promoting Microsoft products as a whole and since we'd be campaigning > against it, the campaign would automatically be for Free software. > > > What I have found from my conversations with various people is that they know no concept of Software Freedom and therefore they look at Libre software simply as a regular competitive software and start making comparisons of its working and compatibility with existing closed software. Since closed softwares thrive on vendor lock-in using closed data formats, there will never be a direct 100% replacement for those locked-in softwares. Therefore it is important to stress on the fact that Libre software is a different environment just like a Mac is to Windows. One software environment will never have 100% compatibility or replacement with another environment environment. Therefore when choosing the software environment, it is necessary to understand why it is a better choice above others even though the migration process may be a bit painful. For Libre software, this can happen only if there is a proper understanding of Software Freedom.
-- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom. -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
