On Sun, May 09, 2004 at 09:12:20AM +0300, Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote: > > If we call it "Linux support" they will say that Linux doesn't have a big > enough users base, but the fact that in the current implmentation no dial up > residetental router can't connect (as far as we know now) is something > completly different. >
I believe we are into a gray area which is unavoidable. Here are some thoughts or maybe just blurb: 1. Developing the railways is considered to be of national importance even tough it requires huge investment. In addition, at least by the current standards, most people will want to have a car anyway, and will continue using it instead of other means of transportation. 2. Don't I have a right not to be bound to Microsoft? 3. Why should I pay 2500 NIS for an OS and an office suite when I can get it for free? 4. Didn't `someone' noisy and powerful dare claiming a few years ago that the `people want satellite' and subsequently just let the people, not just their customers, pay the bill? What was the ground for his claim about the people desire for a satellite? 5. Sometimes the natural flow of things is that one wants something because not having it bothers him. Only in the course of time he collects more arguments for having it, or drop his initial request because he can't pursue it. However pursuing it initially just because he is bothered about not having it helps everyone balance between his desires and the public interest. In short, someone with Hamakor hat might have to speak about supporting not only Microsoft. The one without a name that pays for the big signs about the people desire for a satellite while the supreme court discusses the issue can speak about Linux support. And so can an average user that 1. Does have a name. 2. Wants to try Linux. 3. Might not try it *just* because 135 doesn't support it. -- "If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas." -- George Bernard Shaw (sent by shaulk @ actcom . net . il) ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]