On 17-Oct-2010, at 11:54 AM, "Mahesh T. Pai" <paiva...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Anupam Jain said on Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 05:09:38AM +0000,: > >> How is the brand of my cellphone relevant? If you are questioning >> my loyalty to free software, rest assured sir, I'm as much holding >> my breath for a mukt cellphone platform as anyone else on this >> mailing list. > > Brand ain't; but the software is. > I think it doesn't make that much sense to just blindly promote free software. If proprietary software does the job better than free software in some areas, and the user gets more value (as perceived by him/her), then instead of patronising free software like a freedom movement, the parties writing the free software alternatives should try making their software better and give more value than the proprietary products. Again this is not a black and white thing. I may choose to use free software for some applications where it clearly excels and outbeats proprietary software and still use the proprietary software where there's no good free / open source software for my needs. I may be a complete linux freak and still be an iPhone/Blackberry user. It shouldn't be criticised against and if it should then please explain why. Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
