ESR's goodbye note

Posted Feb 23, 2007 2:02 UTC (Fri) by njs (subscriber, #40338)
In reply to: ESR's goodbye note by khim
Parent article: ESR's goodbye note

>"iPod generation" is bunch of people who sold their freedom cheap. Why the hell free software guys should think about them at all - is beyond me. If they sold their freedom for cheap once - why do you think they'll fight for it the next time ?

Shall we also ostracize everyone who has ever used a proprietary system? After all, only those who grew up with Linux, and have never used anything else, can truly be ideologically pure.

(This principle would, unfortunately, rather decapitate the free software movement. I don't think RMS even qualifies? He wasn't born believing in free software...)

Don't abandon 'em. Educate 'em. Some of 'em might be smarter than you think.

ESR's goodbye note

Posted Feb 23, 2007 11:14 UTC (Fri) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link] (1 responses)

Shall we also ostracize everyone who has ever used a proprietary system? After all, only those who grew up with Linux, and have never used anything else, can truly be ideologically pure.

Huh ? Where have you got this idea ?

Don't abandon 'em. Educate 'em. Some of 'em might be smarter than you think.

This is the right idea.

I don't have a problem with a guys who own iPod. As long as they know that all problems in Linux<->iPod interaction are not Linux fault, but Apple's fault - they are not hopeless but... they are not part of "iPod generation"!

ESR's goodbye note

Posted Feb 24, 2007 13:57 UTC (Sat) by arcticwolf (guest, #8341) [Link]

From your above post:

'"iPod generation" is bunch of people who sold their freedom cheap. Why the hell free software guys should think about them at all - is beyond me.'

Pretty clear, if you ask me.