Linux Advocacy

Am 02. Nov, 2003 schw=E4tzte Chris Gehlker so:

> I've seen a lot of posts here advocating Linux advocacy. I'm having a
> hard time with the concept. Sure there are plenty of situations where
> someone wants a new capability and Linux is the obvious answer because
> it's cheap, and will run reliably on hardware they already have. There
> are other people who are driven by curiosity and Linux is the obvious
> choice for those folks as well because they can dig into it as deeply
> as they want.

Being able to dig in deeper is important even for those who don't have the
knowledge and don't want to acquire it. They can hire others to dig deeper
or ask those who already have.

> My problem comes with the notion that somehow we would be doing most
> people a favor if we convinced them to format their drives and install
> Linux/Open Office in place of Windows/MS Office. I just don't get it.

Patience grasshopper, you will learn.... ;-)

> If you keep Windows patched and don't install every piece of spy-ware

Such as m$ eXploder and m$ outlook? Can't get rid of those without replacin=
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the OS.

> that you can find on the internet it's not so unstable/insecure that

The last worm was exploiting a service m$ won't let you turn off.

> avoiding those problems will ever compensate most people for the effort
> of leaning a new OS and program suite. Bear in mind that most folks
> simply hate learning new stuff about their computer.

Something that affects all of us is the Freedom of Free Software and Open
Standards. RentWare isn't good for consumers.

Interoperability is important. It's why the Net can work. Proprietary
protocols and formats diverge from interoperability. m$, for decades, has
made it clear it will subvert Open Standards at every opportunity.

For those who don't want to know much about computers it is in their best
interest not to use m$. Especially for them.

ciao,

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