Re: Free Software Company

["cwcmons" <bngcecwc@xxxxxxxxxx>]

    I agree with Robin that if free software is better then it will show
itself.     Coming to Linux particularly, what is required is a logical
approach. eg i was once trying to install Openlinux (slightly older
version). I came to a position
where i had to choose between "yes" and "no" buttons. Since i did not grasp
the full implication i decided to go by the default . Sadly i could not even
identify what is set as default - yes or no . Using reverse video to set the
default  confused me quite a lot . Moving the arrow keys only
allowed to wrap around and i utterly lost sight of the original default set
in the installation program. In Windows there is a neat dotted box
indicating where the flag is set . It doesnt require great programming
knowledge to know what is easier for the common user. Am i required to see
the source code to know what is the default set at that stage in the
program? Even in the latest Linux we have miniature diamond shaped buttons
where we have to peek closely to know where the flag is set. Linux must set
its priorities correctly. It is not the question of money alone. The
decreasing popularity of Linux as an NOS in India  revealed through PCQ is a
pointer which we can hardly ignore.

nathan

-----Original Message-----
From: Sarcar, Shourya (MED) <Shourya.Sarcar@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: linux-india-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<linux-india-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 10:37 AM
Subject: RE: [LIG] Free Software Company


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>[o]-----Original Message-----
>[o]From: Robin Chatterjee [mailto:robinsc@xxxxxxxxx]
>[o]Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 9:57 AM
>[o]To: linux-india-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[o]Subject: Re: [LIG] Free Software Company
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>[0] Rational people don't need to be
>[o]fanatics. if free software is better then it will be shown
>[o]to be better
>[o]on it's own merit.
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>I doubt.  The issue at hand is not plain black-white-open-shut. Free
>software doesn't have money to advertise itself.. primarily relying on
>individual/community initiatives to get known/tested/accepted. It is only
>after 9 years and intervention of Intel/IBM/Dell/SGI pumping in a lot of
>promo behind Linux that Linux is coming out of the confines of the
>technically elite to the common man's desktop. So merit isn't the only
>criteria. Had it been so , then all destops would be flouting Xemacs
instead
>fo .doc spewers.
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> I do concede that my observation has more relevance to applications
>/user-oriented software... techies usually find out about good software
>pretty fast despite advts to the contrary:) (Apache vs IIS)
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> Also, another factor which comes into consideraion is the evelopment
>infrasructure and the turn-around time. Companies with more resources have
a
>shorter time-to-market. These companies can release versions on multiple
>platforms in the same weekend !@! which is tough for
good-willed-lone-ranger
>techies to do..
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>Regards,
>Shourya
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>I wonder if the production of such a mega
>[o]conglomeration would really be of any benefit to anyone .. it would
>[o]probably cause the justice dept to start investigation rms
>[o]rather than
>[o]bill gates :)
>[o]Cheerio
>[o]robin
>[o]
>[o]> Donate food to be a good person. But you don't have to treat all
>[o]> restaurants as your enemy.
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>[o]> There is nothing wrong with paid software[1]. People can
>[o]buy/sell/run paid
>[o]> software and be good citizens in the free software world.
>[o]Why are you
>[o]> promoting hatred towards such people ?
>[o]>
>[o]>         -Arun
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>[o]> [1] I refuse to accept GPL'ed software as paid software.
>[o]The only people
>[o]>     who pay for software that's free are fools. They pay
>[o]for support.
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