On 02-Jul-07, at 10:51 AM, krishnakant Mane wrote:
it is ok to be mis guided by some one (that could be an unfortunate mishap) but it is wrong to pass that mis guidance to others.
we are talking about two different approaches to converting people to foss here:
1. There are those with a comitment to foss - they will only use foss tools, and labour hard to do their work with only foss tools. They dont mind the inconveniences if things dont work perfectly or if all the features they want are not there. They either build the features they want or work around them. These people are also honest. I dont think even Niyam Bhushan would contend that inkscape has all the features of corel draw. He uses inkscape exclusively and does professional quality work with it.
2. There are others who are not committed to FOSS. They just want the best tool for their job and dont care whether it is free or not. These people will only switch to FOSS tools if either they are convinced of the FOSS philosophy or if the tool has all the features of the proprietary tool. If we tell them that the FOSS tool is 100% as good as the proprietary tool - this is not true, and when they find out that, they will become anti-foss.
Incidently i was a longtime user of coreldraw and photoshop and now exclusively use inkscape and gimp - not because inkscape has the same features as coreldraw, but because it is free. I am willing to put up with the inconvenience because i believe in the foss way of doing things. I therefore strongly resent your suggestions that I am misguiding people. I am not. I am just telling the truth.