Some casual thoughts. 2009/1/19 Jain Johny <[email protected]>: > Habeeb, you are absolutely right. > > I like to add my $0.02 > > $0.01) You don't have to teach philosophy. Its boring and practically > useless for beginners. They will learn it as they use free s/w.
The most important thing to teach is the answer to the question "Why should we use free softwares when most of the people around us use non-free softwares?". Philosophy and logical approach are the back bones of scietific theory upon which the modern computer technology is build up. (Much similar to air, water and life). It is better if we are aware of it. Secondly philosophy is the drive behind civilization. > $0.02) If you ask RMS about Linux, he will ask you to use Gobuntu. But in my > opinion, using some proprietary software is not wrong. I would prefer a > proprietary s/w which *works* instead of a free s/w which doesnt work. Computer softwares will work exactly as written by the author/s of the software. No chance of not working. >The ultimate aim should be to improve the usability and friendliness of the > system and to learn about the system. A real friend will help us to understand things and improve ourselves. Will the non-free softwares help us in learning "the system". I think they prohibit us. > One day if you find that this "xyz" > proprietary s/w is harmful, you can remove it. > Harmful to whom ?, the users, authors or distributors of the s/w. Removing the s/w will not eliminate the harm created by using the it. With regards M.Balakrishna Pillai _______________________________________________ Mailinglist mailing list [email protected] http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org
