Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on November 13, 2006 04:24 PM
"Blind" adherence to principle isn't what the FSF is about. It's exactly the opposite. Its *strong* adherence to principle is opening our eyes and *stopping* the blindness. It sure opened mine (I'm a former MS Windows user) Freedom is not a negotiable "asset". It's an inalienable right and uncompromisable. I thank the FSF every day that I user a computer.
Having watched the FSF and the GNU project since the early 1990's, back in my OS/2 days, it seems to me that we have GNU/Linux at all *because* of the strong adherence to principle. If not for that, we wouldn't have Free Software. There wouldn't be a www.linux.com.
Do we need another distro? No, I don't believe so; Slackware and Ubuntu serve me really well. But I respect the FSF for its consistency over the years, up to and including today.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on November 13, 2006 04:24 PMHaving watched the FSF and the GNU project since the early 1990's, back in my OS/2 days, it seems to me that we have GNU/Linux at all *because* of the strong adherence to principle. If not for that, we wouldn't have Free Software. There wouldn't be a www.linux.com.
Do we need another distro? No, I don't believe so; Slackware and Ubuntu serve me really well. But I respect the FSF for its consistency over the years, up to and including today.
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