Early sneak preview of OSNews 5
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 26th Dec 2012 00:32 UTC
OSNews, Generic OSes Now that the holidays are upon us (happy holidays!) and the year is about to end, we at OSNews thought it time to finally lift the veil a little bit on the next version of OSNews - OSNews 5. I've hinted at this next version of OSNews here and there in the comments, but we think it's time to make it all a little bit more official by taking in some initial feedback.
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RE[11]: Voting down?
by kwan_e on Fri 28th Dec 2012 01:39 UTC in reply to "RE[10]: Voting down?"
kwan_e
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This is why I struggle to take people like RMS seriously. I admire his vision and contributions to the open source community, but his world view is so polarised that I think he misses the practical implications in the real world.

To put it another way, I might choose to write me CV in LibreOffice and distribute it as a PDF, but if a potential employer asked for a copy in OOXML, then I wouldn't think twice about converting it into an MS Office document; regardless of my personal opinion of Microsoft.

I think having an open mind is having the ability to concede that the less idealogical solution is sometimes the better solution.


Why do you think RMS would be against that? I'm pretty sure he's said on a few occasions that it is necessary to deal with proprietary formats.

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RE[12]: Voting down?
by Laurence on Fri 28th Dec 2012 09:42 in reply to "RE[11]: Voting down?"
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2007-03-26


Why do you think RMS would be against that? I'm pretty sure he's said on a few occasions that it is necessary to deal with proprietary formats.

Quite the opposite. He's said on a number of occasions that he refuses to deal with proprietary formats.

Edited 2012-12-28 09:43 UTC

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RE[13]: Voting down?
by kwan_e on Fri 28th Dec 2012 09:49 in reply to "RE[12]: Voting down?"
kwan_e Member since:
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"
Why do you think RMS would be against that? I'm pretty sure he's said on a few occasions that it is necessary to deal with proprietary formats.

Quite the opposite. He's said on a number of occasions that he refuses to deal with proprietary formats. "

And he has not said everyone else should do the same. He certainly hasn't threatened anyone.

You are mistaking his personal preference for some sort of decree for followers.

I'm certain there are valid criticisms of RMS, but everything I've come across so far are smoldering strawmen of things he didn't say, or things taken completely beyond the scope of the intent.

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