On Mon, Dec 20, 1999 at 08:59:20AM +0000, Raghavendra Bhat wrote:
> Arun Sharma wrote:
>
> > (c) Give up on the *all* software should be free ideology.
> >
>
> Can U tell us what the ideology should be like ??
Read the archives of linux-india-general for details. In short,
the benefits of open source software are significant and well
understood, thanks to the press that Linux has been getting recently.
But if companies want to write closed source enhancements to open
source software either directly or indirectly, let them do it. It only
benefits the average Linux user with more choice - to run open source
software, which works well for certain classes of problems, where security,
stability are important or pay and run commercial software, which works
better for certain other classes of problems/situations.
To put it crudely, if Microsoft makes an ultra proprietary MS Linux,
your freedom has not been compromised. You are just as free as you are
today to run your distribution of choice.
-Arun
PS: Followups should go to -general.
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