Re:Richard Stallman on the Failure of One Laptop Per Child &...
by cabalamat on Wednesday November 05, 2008 @09:52PM
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Running Windows is not the same as being a slave.
Of course not. I didn't say it was.
Is the CPU Open Source? Why is it not a problem to use proprietary hardware?
Open Source processor designs exist. It wouldn't surprise me if in future FLOSS operating systems run on them.
I don't consider proprietary CPUs to be a big problem -- though they would be if they were running some sort of Treacherous Computing system or DRM which meant they wouldn't do what the user wanted.
Windows does not even have that much of a lock-in, or does it?
The lock-in is vastly less than what it used to be. I can develop web applications using a GNU/Linux system with no problems.
If for whatever reason the government or whoever pays for the PCs says so, what do you want to do against it?
It's not for me to tell foreigners how to run their countries (it's not my country). Though IMO if they make themselves dependent on Microsoft, they are not acting in their own best interests.
Of course not. I didn't say it was.
Is the CPU Open Source? Why is it not a problem to use proprietary hardware?
Open Source processor designs exist. It wouldn't surprise me if in future FLOSS operating systems run on them.
I don't consider proprietary CPUs to be a big problem -- though they would be if they were running some sort of Treacherous Computing system or DRM which meant they wouldn't do what the user wanted.
Windows does not even have that much of a lock-in, or does it?
The lock-in is vastly less than what it used to be. I can develop web applications using a GNU/Linux system with no problems.
If for whatever reason the government or whoever pays for the PCs says so, what do you want to do against it?
It's not for me to tell foreigners how to run their countries (it's not my country). Though IMO if they make themselves dependent on Microsoft, they are not acting in their own best interests.