On Mar 22 18:54PM, Tamblyne wrote: > >On Mar 22 14:04PM, Tamblyne wrote: > > Why are you so determined to interject your personal preferences on > others? You are overreaching. I don't care what other people do. I believe, however, that the computing environment can be better if culture evolves to accepting open standards, and open standards only.
A nut-and-bolt manufacture would not stay in business for very long if it only offered proprietary threading. Open standards drive innovation (e.g. the internet, compatable nut and bolts, etc.). Unfortunately, the de facto ``standard'' for certain file formats is controlled by a monopoly. This is what we should reject. > There are those who disagree -- it's called free will and free choice. You don't get it. Freedom is what's at stake with the ubiquity of proprietary software. Steve On Mar 22 18:54PM, Tamblyne wrote: > Steve C. Thompson wrote: > >On Mar 22 14:04PM, Tamblyne wrote: > > > >>Just one question -- > >> > >>If you feel so strongly about what you deem to be others making > >>decisions for *you*, what makes you think their reaction won't be > >>equally heated when they learn you have decided what's best for *them*? > > > >Fine. They might be equally heated. However, is it fair that them to > >decide what is best for me? Are they more important than me? > > > >This argument cuts both ways. But I think that spreading the use of > >open formats is inherently better, and is better for society overall. > > They aren't deciding what's best for you -- YOU are. You've decided to > use OOo -- that doesn't give you the right to require others to do the > same. > > Your argument doesn't make any sense simply because you DO have an > alternative and choose to use it. What's it to you what they do? Why > are you so determined to interject your personal preferences on others? > You are advocating on the one hand what you condemn with the other. > > >>I'm sure the people you are talking about are just as concerned with > >>their freedom and their bank account as you are -- and it is their right > >>to determine what they do with both -- not your's. It is your right to > >>refuse to accept their files, and even, perhaps, to do them the kindness > >>of advising them that there is an alternative out there. But to insist > >>that they download and install new software on their computer to satisfy > >>what *you* want. > > > >Presumably, all I want is to communicate effectively. And I think a more > >effective way is for people to adopt open standards. > > Good for you -- > > There are those who disagree -- it's called free will and free choice. > > What a total PITA, eh? > > Tam --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
