Re: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"

From: Jonathan Dowland (jmtd_at_compsoc.dur.ac.uk)
Date: 11/07/03

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    Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 17:45:00 +0000
To: Debian-User <debian-user@lists.debian.org>

    On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 11:01:58AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
     
    > As in "proprietary, closed-source apps"?
    >
    > Well, that depends on if you see them as a "problem", or something
    > that you prefer not to use.
    >
    > I prefer not to use proprietary, closed-source apps, but, when
    > necessary, will pay for them, and use them, even on Debian.

    Personally I haven't really made my mind up about prioprietry apps, and
    whether RMS is right or not. However, the success of Linux is widely
    attributed to the open-source development model, so I can't really see
    the future of Linux throwing it away. 

    -- 
Jon Dowland
http://jon.dowland.name/
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