[CS-FSLUG] The Moral Foundation of Free Software

[Fred A. Miller]

On Sun January 2 2005 2:20 pm, groundhog3000 wrote:

[snip]

> At this point I should note that people aren't stupid.  In the 80's we
> used green screen IBM termnals, Dos terminals and old Unix machines
> from who knows where.  Where those people any smarter than workers
> today?  (Some, including me, could argue that they were).  However,
> all in all, I don't see any reason why an employee can't learn to use
> a Linux solution (if one should exist) rather than a rather expensive
> M$ or Windoze compatible solution.

You ARE quite right! Employees who are smart enough to do the work of the 
position they are in, are smart enough to learn the KDE desktop. Further, 
they learn it and for example OpenOffice VERY quickly!! All the nonsense 
about retraining is just that.............NONSENSE. Anyone who can't (or 
won't) EASILY switch from 'Bloze to Linux on their desktop, should probably 
be released from their present position.

> That said, the initial cost of Windows doesn't seem all that bad to
> people when it comes preinstalled on every computer in the world
> just about.
>
> Can you spell, MONOPOLY.

Try "IMMORAL monopoly."

Fred

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