<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Larry Johnson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:larryfeltonjohnson@gmail.com">larryfeltonjohnson@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>Pretty good interview, and not really all that off topic if we really want to understand advocacy, and advance free software (and free music as well ((*lisp quotes intended) another issue of mine)). We all tend to shut out any ideas which contradict our predetermined beliefs. In the OS sense I try to fight that within myself by doing two things on opposite ends of the spectrum. One is installing whatever new OS Microsoft has released and giving it a bit of a chance (Vista lasted three weeks -- Windows 7 is actually usable. and I'm sporadically using a cheap laptop running it), the other is installing and configuring operating systems which are only used by a small number of people (Minix 3 is my current project).<br clear="all">
<br></blockquote><div>I have turned into rather a closed-minded OpenSource bigot over the past few years. If I can't peek under covers on all stuff running on systems I'm responsible for, it won't get installed with two exceptions: as soon as I can purge the scourge that is flash (the last hold out on closed, binary applications) and nvidia (the last holdout on closed, binary drivers) maybe my disposition will improve as I rid myself of the philosophical contradiction.<br>
<br>A laptop came with windows7. It was run once to verify the system worked then the drive was wiped and Fedora was installed. The code label was gleefully peeled off and all the "made for weenies" stickers removed from the case.<br>
<br>For me, using a keyboard attached to a closed, proprietary OS system is philosophically like typing on the murdered corpse of beloved family member that's crawling with maggots. (how's that for a visual?) It's hard to be productive when I'm gagging and sobbing at the same time.<br>
<br>I have all but given up on OpenSource advocacy. If the sheeple really want to stand around in poo up to their neck, let 'em. I have work to do using and running and developing for a free society. <br></div></div>
<br>-- <br>-- <br>James P. Kinney III<br>I would rather stumble along in freedom than walk effortlessly in chains.<br><br>