On Saturday 26 May 2007 12:09:32 jtd wrote:
All these `freedom fighters' should not use Ubuntu. It provides access to non-free software. Ditch. It's not listed on GNU's list of free distributions. Use only one of the free distros listed there, none other. If you don't follow that, shut up and stop preaching about freedom and blah blah.
Hmm. I suspect you havent yet run into the brickwall of closed software / hardware and dead Company as yet. Keep some ice handy and lock away all the guns - u might just want to blow your head.
Like the poor idiot IT manager whose recommended access control system with some closed software, wierd hardware and 10000 employee data crashed and had to be junked. He's in Assam on a punishment posting haveing barely managed to retain his job.
what you daftly consider to be idealism is actually basic managment principle. Think deeply. Dont be swayed by the half brain ads, reports and studies bandied about by X perts and so very visible in the press. Every time someone uses closed software it's a bullet flying in your direction.
Excuse me? This is so irrelevant an answer.. And exactly my point. If these distros are not absolutely free, why do you use them? Use gnewsense or ututo. Why use or support Ubuntu?