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On Sunday 10 October 2004 16:48, Dave Trudgian wrote:
In my eyes they are giving something back. Familiar, proprietary programs let people have an easy transition to a new O/S. I despise xine, ogle, mplayer etc as they lack features, and have always been flaky for me. I would certainly consider purchasing a proprietary DVD player package if available since I'd like something that just worked for that. In other fields I am ready to fiddle, just not all the time. Bottom line for me is that proprietary software can boost the Linux user base, and make linux an acceptable platform for many. Once onto Linux people are likely to experiment with the multitude of OSS available which is a good thing.
I for one have no problem with 'closed source proprietry software' on linux. I do have problems with the idea that the core software (kernel etc) can/should have proprietry extensions allowed. At the end of the day (imho) GNU Linux is all about choice, if you choose to install proprietry software that's upto you. It's my opinion that you should expect support for that software for the manuf' and not the LUGs though, and you'll end up in the same hole as windose users' - with software that doesn't do what you need and no recourse to fix it. Just by 2p worth. Jon -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.