Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on February 19, 2004 08:10 AM
"It's not up to you to decide what _other_ people do with their work or what they want to use"
I agree. In fact, i suspect RMS would agree too, though i _cannot_ speak for him.
You see, what you describe is exactly what you argument for: RMS states his opinion. Imo what he posts is rather a column and he may shine throught his opinions regarding propritary software. How can you blame him?
Personally, i doubt wether RMS' method works. People familair with FLOSS already know he hates propritary software. They can imagine that paralel. People who don't, or who are less technical inclined wouldn't understand the paralel easily. For them, a rather extended article about propritary software would be better to learn about the pro's/con's. This is a bit black vs white thinking, and there's ofcourse a grey area, but i think that's rather niche.
The real problem is that some people only or earlier listen to "high autorities" and "people with status".
What matters are the arguments, not the one who says it (the latter is the fallacy that one who has achieved something in society is smarter or rather speaking the truth than one who -albeit as it seems- has not).
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Re:I'm sorry, but that remark is just too much.
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on February 19, 2004 08:10 AMI agree. In fact, i suspect RMS would agree too, though i _cannot_ speak for him.
You see, what you describe is exactly what you argument for: RMS states his opinion. Imo what he posts is rather a column and he may shine throught his opinions regarding propritary software. How can you blame him?
Personally, i doubt wether RMS' method works. People familair with FLOSS already know he hates propritary software. They can imagine that paralel. People who don't, or who are less technical inclined wouldn't understand the paralel easily. For them, a rather extended article about propritary software would be better to learn about the pro's/con's. This is a bit black vs white thinking, and there's ofcourse a grey area, but i think that's rather niche.
The real problem is that some people only or earlier listen to "high autorities" and "people with status".
What matters are the arguments, not the one who says it (the latter is the fallacy that one who has achieved something in society is smarter or rather speaking the truth than one who -albeit as it seems- has not).
"The real enemy of the Left is the Left."
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