Hewlett-Packard is closing custom deals for thousands of desktop PCs running Linux, which has the company assessing the possibility of offering factory-loaded Linux systems, an HP executive said. "We are involved in a number of massive deals for Linux desktops, and those are the kinds of things that are indicators of critical mass. So we are really looking at it very hard," said Doug Small, worldwide director of open source and Linux marketing at HP. "We are in a massive deal right now for multi-thousands of units of a desktop opportunity for Linux. That's an indicator." He declined to give details about the deals.
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What you call "shrillness", I call "honesty". I can't call anyone for being honest, but I can see how it could be a problem for someone who just wants to milk people for their money.
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I believe that the narrow "my way or the highway" attitude that some enthusiasts take is ultimately detrimental to both Linux and Freedom.
Compromise is essential to success. And monomania is antithetical to Freedom.
The real trick is proper balance.
Buddhism is a better model for FOSS advocacy than is Evangelicalism.
But slinging mud is, admittedly, more fun. ;-)
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I believe that the narrow "my way or the highway" attitude that some enthusiasts take is ultimately detrimental to both Linux and Freedom.
You make it sound as if those opposed to Linux are any better. In reality, there is no better way to be detrimental to Linux in particular, and software freedom in general, than to write closed-source software.
Compromise is essential to success. And monomania is antithetical to Freedom.
Again, you make it sound like those who are not Linux advocates are not monomaniacs. As evidence for the prosecution, I give you Exhibit A: Dozens of different proprietary word processing formats.
Buddhism is a better model for FOSS advocacy than is Evangelicalism.
When was the last time you heard of someone who changed the world by sitting back and taking all the shit he was thrown?
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That was tongue in cheek. But I do think that their shrillness compromises their credibility.
What you call "shrillness", I call "honesty". I can't call anyone for being honest, but I can see how it could be a problem for someone who just wants to milk people for their money.