[Compcomm] [Fwd: Re: The Next Step]

[Will Farrington]

On Wed, 2007-04-25 at 00:17 -0400, Quinn Storm wrote:
> On Tuesday 24 April 2007 23:17:02 Will Farrington wrote:
> > On Tue, 2007-04-24 at 22:05 -0500, Matthew Swaringen wrote:
> > > Will Farrington wrote:
> > > > I use Linux because it _is_ the best OS for my needs. Not because I
> > > > hate
> > > > proprietary software. I listen to MP3s and I use Photoshop at school.
> > > > I'm not a terrible person for doing so.
> > >
> > > I didn't say you were.  "Less than ideal" were my words concerning
> > > proprietary software.  Not "evil" or "bad" or anything akin to that.
> > > But I don't think it's better, and I do think it's restrictive and in
> > > the long run the wrong choice.  I've got nothing against listening to
> > > MP3s (most of my library is still in mp3, transcoding is not
> > > desirable) or using photoshop if you have it already.
> > >
> > > Your views are different than mine, but I think my views are in line
> > > with a lot of the community that uses this software.  You may think we
> > > are all idiots, but not recognizing that we exist is simply not
> > > knowing your base.
> >
> > I know there are those who believe like that - most especially in our
> > only real demographic. However, there're many who don't. By abstracting
> > ourselves from the entire debate altogether, we're doing the best thing.
> >
> > >   Make whatever decision you like but don't expect everyone to be
> > > happy with it.
> >
> > In a bureaucracy, there will always be someone who's rubbed the wrong
> > way by any decision. It's just a part of the process.
> 
> Consider though that you are attempting to speak *against* a majority, which 
> makes your position far more untenable.  The majority of those in the 
> community and the majority of developers have *spoken out against* vBulletin 
> in specific, and in many cases, proprietary software in general.  In fact 
> right now I am compiling the latest vanilla prepatch so I can try out the 
> firmware-only ipw driver, as I believe that it is indeed less than ideal to 
> use any more proprietary software than purely necessary.  (Unfortunately due 
> to some stupid laws, the firmware has to stay proprietary, thank you SO much 
> FCC)
> 

Since when has majority opinion been infallible or inherently correct?

Look at the US - we voted Bush into office _twice_. ;)

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