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:Libervis: Why the Free Software Movement Can Succeed
Libervis: Why the Free Software Movement Can Succeed
Jan 1, 2005, 13 :00 UTC (7 Talkback[s]) (7720 reads)

[ Thanks to Danijel Orsolic for this link. ]

"When I wrote 'Why the Free Software Movement is Doomed to Failure' I dismissed mankinds desire for Freedom. That was a premise that instantly knocked the foundations for my text to pieces. Freedom is a core value in people and no individual is willing to give it up voluntarily. Dismissing Freedom simply is unrealistically pessimistic.

"As I stated earlier, people are not flocking to Free Software. The question is; why? Individuals value Freedom. Groups value Freedom. Why is Free Software still not as dominant as Closed Source Software (CSS) then...?"

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...As I stated earlier, people are not f ...   Simple answer.   
Brandioch Conner
Jan 1, 2005, 18:59:56
 
I agree with Brandioch (mostly), however ...   Agreed   
Jeffrey Rollin
Jan 2, 2005, 01:16:06
 
"You cannot persuade people that they ar ...   Re: Simple answer.   
smallchange
Jan 2, 2005, 05:13:04
 
...I disagree. People want to do a lot m ...   re: Re: Simple answer.   
Brandioch Conner
Jan 2, 2005, 19:20:53
 
So people want to do things that aren&#3 ...   Re: re: Re: Simple answer.   
Philip Stephens
Jan 2, 2005, 23:03:58
 
 And they prefer the functionality over  ...   Short term convenience...   
Ronald Trip
Jan 3, 2005, 00:08:39
 
If the UNIX model was not the basis of m ...   simply UNIX   
Stomfi
Jan 4, 2005, 05:36:47
 
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