[Novalug] OT: MS or M$? -- Re: Novalug tape library
American Dave
novalug@soupy.org
Thu Jul 23 14:45:49 EDT 2009
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 01:22:51PM -0500, Beartooth wrote:
> to have the least exposure humanly possible to M$, and may be missing
> some. So be it.
I'd like to point out that I don't believe we win any battles by using
pejorative terms like "M$" when referring to competition. It's harder
to take the high ground and rationally persuade people that Free
Software or Linux is attractive if we're throwing mud. Cost, freedom,
technical benefits -- these are fair game and go much farther.
There was a time that Microsoft higher-ups called Linux and the GPL
"cancer", and now Microsoft is contributing GPL'ed patches to the Linux
kernel. This is a good thing. I'd rather encourage more of that.
-A. Dave
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