Comments for Mixing Proprietary Software and Linux at http://www.linux.com , comment 1 to 1 out of 1 comments http://www.linux.com Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:04:58 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.linux.com/news/software/applications/24700-mixing-proprietary-software-and-linux#comment-970 [quote]Regardless, I remain hopeful that we can keep the lines of communication open between the two camps rather than allowing anger, frustration and bickering to further drive a wedge down the middle of issues that I do not see changing anytime soon.[/quote] I wish the author would recognize that it is not "anger, frustration, and bickering" that "drives a wedge" between the two camps. It is a fundamental difference of philosophy. The purist sometimes uses proprietary software, but he sees it as a necessary evil. He believes in his Free Software ideals, and does everything he reasonably can to support and foster a computing environment where all software is free in the truest sense. People in the other camp disagree with the purist because FOSS ideals don't matter to them. For those people, all questions are simply a matter of practicality. "More communication between the two camps" is fine, as long as the goal is to help the non-purists understand why it is that FOSS ideals [i]should be[/i] important to them. - Christopher Howard Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:49:17 +0100