Resisting the binary blob

Resisting the binary blob

Posted Nov 16, 2006 16:31 UTC (Thu) by IkeTo (subscriber, #2122)
In reply to: Resisting the binary blob by pbardet
Parent article: Resisting the binary blob

> I don't care about the reason. I care about the result

Fedora is a community project. If you don't care the reason given by a community project, expect them not to care you either.

> I feel perfectly free when using Linux

The point is *not* whether *you* feel it free, but instead whether the community building them feel it free *according to their vision*. Using binary blob is not. End of discussion.

> In theory, open source is great since you can fix, but in practice, it's not true for most people

Open source is great because you can fix, and if you are, like most people, too busy or not qualified enough, you can find others to fix. No such freedom in other platforms. The only one who can fix the software you buy is the vendor selling it. If that single entity doesn't think solving your problem is worth their time, bad luck for you.

> My goal is to see linux succeed against MS and being accepted as a real alternative.

There had been alternatives. DR-DOS, OS/2 and Gems come to mind. Now there is just Linux. Don't you understand that each such attempt is very costly, and don't you know that the one thing that keep MS from using the same tactics against Linux is exactly what you are complaining about, i.e., open source?

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