Why FSF Founder Richard Stallman is Wrong on Steve Jobs

Re:Why FSF Founder Richard Stallman is Wrong on Steve Jobs by raganwald on Friday October 07, 2011 @06:17PM (#3086226)

Are you, by any chance, saying that you have certain principles that outweigh things like convenience and fitness for purpose? That you are prepared to go out of your way to reject the use of certain software purely because you dislike its philosophy, and not because it’s objectively worse for you?

If so, you and Mr. Stallman have something in common.

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Re:Why FSF Founder Richard Stallman is Wrong on Steve Jobs by breck on Saturday October 08, 2011 @12:22PM (#3088260)

I used to use Windows, even though I had gripes, because it was okay and there was no good alternative.

GNU/FSF/RS helped create a good alternative.

I've used their stuff, despite my gripes, because there was no good alternative.

Now there is. There's a tremendous amount of rock solid, MIT & other licensed open source software out there. And I want to switch to that. And ditch GNU/FSF/RS.

It's a free marketplace, and RS & Co. have to compete too. They got me to switch from MSFT, but now they're the ones who are behind the times IMO.

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