On 05/24/2011 02:19 PM, Raj Mathur (राज माथुर) wrote: > On Tuesday 24 May 2011, Rony wrote: >> On 05/24/2011 01:18 PM, Raj Mathur (राज माथà¥à¤°) wrote: >>> Note that all of these are absolute; relative comparisons (faster >>> than, cheaper than, more secure than, easier to use than, etc.) >>> have no place in promotion of FOSS IMNSHO. In any case, if you >>> manage to push enough people to use a package for absolute, >>> freedom-centric reasons, there will be enough developers jumping >>> on to make the relative comparisons favourable :) >> Another way to look at the same points would be to make the FOS >> software so irresistible that when users flock to it, they get the >> added benefits of freedom and portability etc. > ...until someone makes a more irresistible proprietary software and > users flock to that, hurling freedom and portability out of the window > in the process. > >
Utility and ease of use will always be king. -- Freedom is a shared resource. Take some, leave the rest for others. Please trim your replies. Avoid cross posting to other lists. Post your replies below the relevant original text, leaving a line space. Regards, Rony. -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
