Re: [BLUG] I don't think Linux will ever be ready for the Desktop

Simón Ruiz wrote:

On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 12:48 AM, Joe Auty <joe@netmusician.org> wrote:   

Simón Ruiz wrote:  Of course, my goal was to be free of proprietary software, not just to  have a free Photoshop clone.    Can I ask why you want to be free of proprietary software? I know you're not the only one who feels this way...  Does it relate to moral opinions about selling software? Is it wanting to save money? I can't say I understand this sentiment completely. I can understand open protocols and formats, but everything else is a little unclear to me...  Feel free to speak for just yourself if you aren't inclined to speak on behalf of everybody else :)     

 No, it's not about money, or a moral opinion about selling software, really. It's got more to do with freedom    

Freedom, how? From what? Do you depend on something currently dominated by an oppressive software company/monopoly?

I'll give this a better thought out and thorough answer later, it deserves that I've just been busy and am currently exhausted.  But it's not so much that buying software is bad. In particular, I pay for games quite a bit—on the Wii, of course—and for Linux, too, when I get the chance.  In fact, I just did.  There's currently (for the next 17 hours or so) a deal going on at http://www.wolfire.com/humble for those of you who like video games.  I've played the World of Goo and Penumbra Overture demos before and they were pretty cool, so when I saw them bundled and offered at name-your-own-price I decided to buy them. (I decided to give them $40, if you're interested, and skewed it so the developers got 75% of that.)  Even if you're not interested in buying video games, go check out the page. Notice, if you will, the average price paid by people broken down by operating system.  Kind of blows out of the water the idea that Free and Open Source folks are generally only in it because they don't want to pay for good software, if you ask me.    

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Re: [BLUG] I don't think Linux will ever be ready for the Desktop

On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 12:48 AM, Joe Auty <joe@netmusician.org> wrote:
>
> Simón Ruiz wrote:
>
> Of course, my goal was to be free of proprietary software, not just to
>
> have a free Photoshop clone.
>
>
>
> Can I ask why you want to be free of proprietary software? I know you're not the only one who feels this way...
>
> Does it relate to moral opinions about selling software? Is it wanting to save money? I can't say I understand this sentiment completely. I can understand open protocols and formats, but everything else is a little unclear to me...
>
> Feel free to speak for just yourself if you aren't inclined to speak on behalf of everybody else :)

No, it's not about money, or a moral opinion about selling software,
really. It's got more to do with freedom

I'll give this a better thought out and thorough answer later, it
deserves that I've just been busy and am currently exhausted.

But it's not so much that buying software is bad. In particular, I pay
for games quite a bit—on the Wii, of course—and for Linux, too, when I
get the chance.

In fact, I just did.

There's currently (for the next 17 hours or so) a deal going on at
http://www.wolfire.com/humble for those of you who like video games.

I've played the World of Goo and Penumbra Overture demos before and
they were pretty cool, so when I saw them bundled and offered at
name-your-own-price I decided to buy them. (I decided to give them
$40, if you're interested, and skewed it so the developers got 75% of
that.)

Even if you're not interested in buying video games, go check out the
page. Notice, if you will, the average price paid by people broken
down by operating system.

Kind of blows out of the water the idea that Free and Open Source
folks are generally only in it because they don't want to pay for good
software, if you ask me.

> --
> Joe Auty, NetMusician
> NetMusician helps musicians, bands and artists create beautiful, professional, custom designed, career-essential websites that are easy to maintain and to integrate with popular social networks.
> www.netmusician.org
> joe@netmusician.org

Simón

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