Comments on: Is the Linux advantage Free or Freedom? http://www.philoking.com/2009/01/07/is-the-linux-advantage-free-or-freedom/ Computing for the OS Agnostic Sun, 29 Jan 2012 06:10:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Azizi Khan http://www.philoking.com/2009/01/07/is-the-linux-advantage-free-or-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-22758 Azizi Khan Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:35:32 +0000 http://www.philoking.com/2009/01/07/is-the-linux-advantage-free-or-freedom/#comment-22758 Well done guys. I am a Windows/Mac user like Jason but I also use Fedora/Ubuntu(Backtrack). (Incidently Jason I found this site while researching Backtrack). I have been using Linux since Slackware 0.x (yes very long time). I love to tinker with stuff and I think its a good thing when we talk about freedom. However I'm a technical project manager. My work involves Microsoft products. My users demand Excel. (No not even Mac, and I can't connect my Mac at work due to a lack of builtin Novell Netware client in OSX. ) EULA's don't bother me. They only tell me that i got my software legally. After using Photoshop/Aperture and Lightroom, no serious photographer will use Gimp. These products are industry standards and are heavyweights for one reason - people pay for them. I am more than happy if Linux users don't want to pay for software. Its their choice. But I will not accept the sad puppy face of a college student saying he cannot pay for software. Microsoft and other organisations provide a lot of cheap discounted software for students. The point is, at the end of the day the choice itself boils down to not wanting to use "paid products". Its a respectable choice. But Linux users shouting "free free" to me is as exciting as Apple holding seminars and shows to launch a browser. AK. Well done guys. I am a Windows/Mac user like Jason but I also use Fedora/Ubuntu(Backtrack). (Incidently Jason I found this site while researching Backtrack).

I have been using Linux since Slackware 0.x (yes very long time). I love to tinker with stuff and I think its a good thing when we talk about freedom.

However I’m a technical project manager. My work involves Microsoft products. My users demand Excel. (No not even Mac, and I can’t connect my Mac at work due to a lack of builtin Novell Netware client in OSX. )

EULA’s don’t bother me. They only tell me that i got my software legally. After using Photoshop/Aperture and Lightroom, no serious photographer will use Gimp. These products are industry standards and are heavyweights for one reason – people pay for them.

I am more than happy if Linux users don’t want to pay for software. Its their choice. But I will not accept the sad puppy face of a college student saying he cannot pay for software.

Microsoft and other organisations provide a lot of cheap discounted software for students.

The point is, at the end of the day the choice itself boils down to not wanting to use “paid products”. Its a respectable choice.

But Linux users shouting “free free” to me is as exciting as Apple holding seminars and shows to launch a browser.

AK.

]]> By: Jason Burns http://www.philoking.com/2009/01/07/is-the-linux-advantage-free-or-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-20929 Jason Burns Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:26:58 +0000 http://www.philoking.com/2009/01/07/is-the-linux-advantage-free-or-freedom/#comment-20929 It's all good dude, I am just having fun. These types of debates are a blast when they are had by two intelligent people who can have them without becoming insolent and name calling 14 year olds :) It’s all good dude, I am just having fun. These types of debates are a blast when they are had by two intelligent people who can have them without becoming insolent and name calling 14 year olds :)

]]> By: Kevin Bush http://www.philoking.com/2009/01/07/is-the-linux-advantage-free-or-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-20928 Kevin Bush Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:19:52 +0000 http://www.philoking.com/2009/01/07/is-the-linux-advantage-free-or-freedom/#comment-20928 Hi Jason, I have really enjoyed the discussion we have been having regarding EULA's and freedom. Using proprietary software is not a bad thing, as long as you use it knowing the full ramifications of the EULA. You are obviously an informed user and understand the terms of the Vista EULA. I would say that most Windows user are not as informed as you are. That's why discussions like these are so important. Hi Jason,

I have really enjoyed the discussion we have been having regarding EULA’s and freedom. Using proprietary software is not a bad thing, as long as you use it knowing the full ramifications of the EULA. You are obviously an informed user and understand the terms of the Vista EULA. I would say that most Windows user are not as informed as you are. That’s why discussions like these are so important.

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