Paul J Collins said the following on Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 11:16:13PM +0000,
> JC> The usefulness of the other architectures is not harmed in
> JC> that you can still do everything you could do before the
> JC> proprietry software release.
>> That is exactly the wrong way to look at it. If everyone thought like
> that, Linux would never have moved beyond being a tool for Linus to
> learn the 386.
We're not talking about everyone, we're talking about proprietry software
producers. Their goals are not necessarily the same as the open source
developers. Do you think that being considered an appropriate platform for
serious software development is a bad thing for Linux? I.e, it should move
beyond being a tool for Linus to learn the 386, but not that far beyond?
> >> Until the free software competitior is completed of course.
> JC> Lets all sing an Open Source song.
>> Let's not. If you think that Linux is about fewer crashes and that
> free software is about singing songs and holding hands, off with you.
If (as you seem to be suggesting), people should be relying on waiting for
a free alternative to a piece of proprietry software, then I feel that I
may as well be singing songs and holding hands.
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