well, another viewpoint. I bought a new notebook and it came with windows 7.
For years I've not felt so dissappointed with a computer. I just couldn't find anything fun to do with it. They've even removed 'debug'.. Shish-ka-bobs. Then After I got Ubuntu 11 on, the machine is my sense of lovely. g++ was built in. Whoah. On 2/5/12, Patrick Elliott-Brennan <m...@elliott-brennan.id.au> wrote: > FOSS vs proprietary software is not a fetish. It's an ethical issue. > As much as making decisions as to what sort of school (or even whether > you send your children to school), or whether you will become a > vegetarian or NOT be a vegetarian is an ethical issue. > > Some people can be accused of presenting their ethical positions in an > almost religiously fundamentalist fashion and can be accused of being > dramatic or dogmatic. Usually this is more a result of their personal > presentation and inability to calmly or clearly discuss their > position. In neither case is this a reflection of the validity of > their views, more the response they receive and the reputation that > results. > > It's even possible some people do 'fetishise' the subject of > FOSS/Properietary software. I think this is the case with things like > Apple products. However, this does not make the subject any less an > ethical issue. > > If you are serious in phrasing it as a 'fetish' then I'd suggest > looking up the difference. > > That said, I don't know if you are serious and I could be seriously > oblivious to a subtle, dry humorous comment. In which case: My big. > > Regards, > > Patrick > >> >> I do not think FOSS vx proprietary software is a moral issue, it is a >> fettish. Now if others care about your fettish then kewl, and if they are >> pragmatic in any form words of disapproval are discourteous. >> "Sadly, people these days don't care ..." >> ouch! >> James > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
