http://www.openaddict.com/the_three_types_of_linux_users.html
I think he has forgotten the hobbyists, but its a pretty decent read anyway.
Not really. He's written a load of rubbish in most of the places.
<quote> The first group - The Philosophical Linux User
Members in this camp have a fiercely loyal allegiance to the GPL, FSF, GNU, RMS, SFLC and a strong love for acronylms (recursive acronyms earn you mega geek points). The important benchmark to the Philosophical Linux User is the "pureness" of the distro. Does it contain any binary drivers? If so, this user will shun it. Want to pay a developer? Money is baaad, unless it's used to support your favorite non-profit foundation unaffiliated with any particular distro. Don't even think about getting a programming job, if you're part of this group. Your day job should support your coding habit and not force you to slave away at the keyboard writing code for The Man. </quote>
FSF has never said ``Money is baaad" and the statement ``Don't even think about getting a programming job, if you're part of this group." is ludicrous. This is one more guy who never understood what the term ``Free Software" means and never bothered checking it up.
Also ``The Free Software philosophers are the ones that started this movement and they've got one hell of an amount of influence in the direction of all things Linux. You've got to learn not to piss these guys off." this sounds like a statement a Microsoft guy would make :-) No real GNU/Linux user would ever say such a thing as there has always been a culture of discussion in the community. If people are not happy with something they express it, and if someone wants to make a statement they have always been free to do so.
Moreover ``you free-software philosophy zealots, you've got to realize that nothing in this life gets done for free. Someone, somewhere is paying for people to have the ability to code; whether it is through donations to various projects, buying CD's, corporate sponsors (gasp), advertising revenue. So, stop whining about Linux developers being paid for their services." is well, just more crap. FSF has never had anything against anyone doing business.
Why do we even bother with such people and publicize their uninformed thoughts?
Regards,
- vihan