"BadVista.org": FSF launches campaign against Microsoft Vista

Posted Dec 16, 2006 4:14 UTC (Sat) by Zack (guest, #37335)
In reply to: "BadVista.org": FSF launches campaign against Microsoft Vista by orospakr
Parent article: "BadVista.org": FSF launches campaign against Microsoft Vista

I agree. As bad as Microsoft is regarding software freedom, the need to single them out is counter-productive.

Campaigns should be pro-freedom, not anti-Microsoft.

The FSF has been on a fairly aggressive course lately and I'm not sure whether it promotes its cause. I sure hope it isn't because someone in charge thinks it is because we need to force an inroad before the next platform shift kicks in a la esr.

We've quietly been building an empire of software freedom over the last twenty years. There's no need to suddenly adopt a "destroy and ridicule" course instead of the "guide and educate" one I've come to expect from the FSF.

Point in case, Vista is alledgedly insecure already according to the badvista site. Be that as it may, the Free Software ethical framework (or doctrine), which I support, states that it's nice to have secure and technical superior software. It is not however, an ethical imperative.

This campaign dilutes the message and may estrange the "zealots" for the sake of popularity, a thing the FSF accuses the "open-source" camp of.