[CS-FSLUG] Proprietary Software: Capitalism or Greed?

[Don Parris]

On 3/23/06, Jukka <jukka.ylonen at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/22/06, Alan Trick <alantrik at yahoo.ca> wrote:
> > You're confusing Free Software with Open Standards.
>
> No I don't think so.
>

I don't think so either. ;-)

> > Although Free
> > Software implies Open Standards (it's pretty difficult to keep something
> > closed if someone can just read the code) you can have them with
> > non-free stuff too. For example the HTML standard is open, but Internet
> > Explorer, Safari, and Opera are not.
>
> [snip]
>
> > Free/Open Source software is different. It's great stuff, but it's not
> > as neccisary.
>
> I didn't say there are no closed source software which use open
> standards. Of course there is.
>
> My point was that _operating systems_ should should be part of the
> infrastructure which is open/available for everybody. Without such
> operating system it is not possible to ensure that software runs
> optimally and as it should.
>
> (btw. sorry if I cannot express myself clear enough - my english is
> really not very good..)
>
Well, I understood you. :-)

Don
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