I think the distinction goes something like this:
There is right, and there is wrong. Right is right, wrong is wrong.
It's pretty hard to allow things that aren't right and still say, "I'm mostly
right, I did the best I could, so I am still calling myself right.
Only right is right. Only 2+2=4, not 2+1.9999999=4, it just doesn't.
Why this matters as much as it does around here, I'm not sure. I suppose the
sides are clearly drawn this way.
Personally, as I have moved toward free software, I've gotten so much of it
to work, that having something non-free sort of wastes that effort.
Continuing to search for or apdapt to a less than adequate free package is
somehow fun...at least to me.
Some people enjoy playing games. I find the totally free pursuit enjoyable.
Along the way, I tried Debian. I even had it installed. Tried a live Trisquel
USB for the 20th time or whatever and Trisquel just seemed a little faster on
my machine and I thought, what the hell, why not just do 100% free software
and see where that goes come what may.
My hardware is pretty free, but it's also old, and the bios isn't free, so
that captures my interest...what to do there. What about newer options. Don't
know yet. Again, it's fun.
As to the question of this thread, why does it matter who has the most
developers? Or the least? Maybe so as to be more certain the effort put forth
doesn't die because 2 people quit? We can never know how things will go, but
you will always know, or should know, that doing the right thing, is never a
wasted effort no matter how it may seem, no matter who may call it one. Right
is right, that's all there really is.
