See, the thing is there's nothing an African-American person can do about being an African-American person. The theory (and the public rhetoric) states that there's nothing a lesbian can do about being a lesbian (not that she should have to!), that's the way she is; and a person with false teeth isn't going to get their original teeth back in their original state given the current state of dentistry. Belief, on the other hand, is about choice-- the choice to continue believing what one grew up with, or to modify or change that and believe something else, or nothing.
It's the same with software; some of us choose to use Free and Open Source software because, not only do we believe the quality is better (and, yes better than a Mac even-- watch out that's SuSE 10.1 with Xgl whizzing past!) but we believe that we're supporting people who are building a better world starting with the software. Some of us also believe that our God will hold us accountable for the decisions we make here and now and that these decisions are better served and better made by using Free and Open Source Software. It's our decision and we happen to believe this has everything to do with anything.
To make a decision not in accordance with one's own worldview would seem to be the height of irrationality and should bear much more skeptical scrutiny.
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Posted by: suhpali on April 20, 2006 03:40 AMIt's the same with software; some of us choose to use Free and Open Source software because, not only do we believe the quality is better (and, yes better than a Mac even-- watch out that's SuSE 10.1 with Xgl whizzing past!) but we believe that we're supporting people who are building a better world starting with the software. Some of us also believe that our God will hold us accountable for the decisions we make here and now and that these decisions are better served and better made by using Free and Open Source Software. It's our decision and we happen to believe this has everything to do with anything.
To make a decision not in accordance with one's own worldview would seem to be the height of irrationality and should bear much more skeptical scrutiny.
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