[ Thanks to Timothy R. Butler for this
link. ]
“It will always be about freedom.
“I have long contended that the ordinary desktop user cannot
afford to become a partisan for any operating system or software. I
don’t begrudge partisans their love; we all need a place to call
home. What I can never appreciate is the degree to which a vocal
minority have so identified themselves with their favorite
OS/distro that anything less than worship is taken as a personal
insult. My sense is that, thankfully, most Free/Open Source
Software (FOSS) users are not there.“For me, and it seems many others, my computer is a tool, albeit
my best tool for the work I do. When the use of That Monopoly OS
became a threat to my work, I was forced to investigate
alternatives. The search was made pleasant by my natural delight in
conquering challenges. But I conquer them for a reason: they make
my work easier in the long run. My love for tinkering and tweaking
is tempered by my even greater love for what I do with my
life…”