This is what Neil DeGrasse Tyson calls, “the difference between objective beliefs and personal beliefs”. Basically, it is cool for you to personally BELIEVE the world is flat but it is wrong for you to ask for legislation to ENFORCE you personal belief. An objective belief is one that can be evidenced by shared and objective minds. Like a vaccine can stop yellow fever thus mandating yellow fever shots. Similarly FOSS can be adopted. Organically. But to foist it upon people willing to fork out the cash for Apple?
Sincerely James S. K. Makumbi Software Developer & CEO, Billable Limited Phone: 0783354036 Mobile: 0790834364 From: Mark Tinka Sent: 11 November 2016 09:09 To: Uganda Linux User Group; Robert Orenstein Subject: Re: [LUG] [OT] Vim users are the scum of the earth On 6/Nov/16 22:58, Robert Orenstein wrote: I was a die-hard Mac fanboy from 1985 until 2009, until I discovered FOSS and, specifically, Ubuntu, and since then I've refused to have anything to do with Apple. Why would a Linux-user want any kind of Apple product? The FOSS and Apple philosophies are so diametrically opposed. Serious question. WHY? Personally, I'm not about setting my child alight because the "stokvel" I belong to says having not burned your child by the time they turn 10 is seen as a dissent to the group's extra-curricular activity. What I'm saying is that do what makes you happy. If you are avoiding Apple products because they don't work for you, fine. But if you are avoiding them on a philosophy - well, unless someone is paying me to uphold that philosophy, I wouldn't do it unless it brought me other non-philosophical benefits. I am old now, so I embrace all tools that are right for the job: - Mac for my personal use. - FreeBSD for my server use. - Linux for my SDN/NFV use. - Cisco/Juniper/Arista for my revenue-generating traffic. - Quagga for my Anycast routing. - Windows for my home media streaming. - e.t.c. Don't paint yourself in a corner if you don't have to. The "stokvel" won't chuck you from the group because you kept your child alive, as long as you keep contributing to the credit fund. Mark.
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