On Monday 13 November 2006 00:05, Andy Smith wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 11:43:04PM +0000, Tim wrote:
> > At the moment there are to many version of the same program in the linux
> > world, the last thing the forward march of linux progress need is another
> > firefox clone by another name.
>
> I assume your preferred solution then is for Debian to give up its
> core philosophy just for the sake of not confusing a few people who
> can't be bothered to understand the issue? If not, can you please
> research the issue and then make some suggestion as to what Debian
> could have done (this was not their only choice but I am not
> convinced you understand exactly what their choices were)?
I can't say that I have read anything of great lenght regarding the philosophy
of Debian but in short my understanding is that Debian beleive in free
software that does not have any trademark, ownership of restriction placed
upon it, which I don't have a problem.
> There are other Linux distributions for people who don't put as much
> stock in the philosophy of Free software. It's a shame you don't
> like them but maybe you are being rather selfish when you insist
> that it's the entire project that has to change instead of you.
>
> Andy
But are you saying that only those user that beleive in the Debian philosophy
should use Debian? How many Debian users across the world can honestly say
that they don't run another PC with a OS or applications on it that does not
conform to the Debian Philosophy, I would be surprised if the percentage got
into double figures. I don't have a problem with what Debian want to acheive
but they could at least realise that not all their users run Debian because
of their philosophy. They could at least give the user the option to choose
between free and non free software. I know you can download and install the
software yourself but if Debian are going to take that stance then user base
will get smaller rather than bigger.
I am not asking Debian to change their philosophy just give there users a
choice.
Tim
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