Without getting too philosophical I would say that to achieve Freedom must be a success in itself.
The fact that we now have achieved a truly Free operating system is a great success in my opinion. I didn't fully understand the "article of faith" remark but took it from earlier comments that Paul made that he was referring to the pursuit of Software Freedom as an end in itself, such as in the GNU project. Tim On 29 August 2011 14:42, Peter Kyoma <[email protected]> wrote: > Success. Freedom(as an article of faith etc). Should one preclude the other? > This, and an earlier thread, seemed to imply so, given the opposing views > across the divide. > But is that surely the case? > > On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 4:05 PM, Tim Schofield <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On 29 August 2011 06:27, Paul Bagyenda <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Kurup's reminder on the finer points of the UAP notwithstanding, this >> > article nails it nicely as to why linux has been so successful: Because >> > freedom, while deeply cherished, is not turned into a fundamental >> > article of >> > faith. >> > Thanks for sharing. >> > P. >> >> hmmmm, but don't most if not all of these uses of Linux also use the >> GNU project that cherishes freedom and turns it into an article of >> faith, thereby illustrating why Linux has been so successful? >> >> >> -- >> WebERP Africa Ltd >> +447710427049 >> +256752963327 >> +255758554413 >> www.weberpafrica.com >> _______________________________________________ >> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >> >> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: >> [email protected] >> Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >> >> The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >> http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in >> any way. > > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. > -- WebERP Africa Ltd +447710427049 +256752963327 +255758554413 www.weberpafrica.com _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way.
