On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 12:41 PM, Angad Singh <an...@angadsingh.in> wrote:
> 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 > pro > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ilugd mailing list >> Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org >> http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd >> > prietary 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 > You may be correct in your context. But we have started our discussion for school and college education which must be delivered in via FOSS tools. -- ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ Narendra Sisodiya │ http://narendrasisodiya.com └─────────────────────────┘ _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
