On Monday 22 August 2005 02:03, Lee Revell wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-08-21 at 23:15 +0200, Christoph Eckert wrote:
> > But it excludes free audio software on other operating
> > systems. Many tools are also available for Mac OS or even
> > Windows.
>
> Porting free software to non free OSes is terribly
> shortsighted and hurts the entire free software community. We
> should not encourage it.
>
> Lee
I disagree strongly. I support Open and Free by using linux
since about 1996 or 7 and not using windows since 3 or 4 years
ago.
But it hasn't been free of headaches. And the kernel/bleeding
edge stuff .... I don't know how to describe what i'm feeling
And I'm pleased to see linux developed software breaking into
windows and mac land. Rather than hurting the Free and Open
community, I think it may help it. I've never used a mac; lot's
of my musician friends do. But if the day were to come that
I could get "mac os" and KDE, and Audacity, ..., I certainly
would consider installing it and using it along with linux.
In short, I think the Free and Open community extends beyond
a single os.
Marv
Received on Wed Aug 24 00:15:04 2005
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