Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 19th Jan 2006 18:41 UTC, submitted by jonobacon
GNU, GPL, Open Source "When I first got into open source many moons ago, the advocacy movement was a thriving and vocal part of the community. Most of the movers and shakers back in the day were advocating the use of free and open software at work, to their friends and to their local community via LUGs and other groups. Back then, advocacy was a key part of the community, not only in showing existing computer users this alternative software, but also advising disadvantaged people for whom free software could really open up the doors to skill, employment and potential. Recently it seems this community-driven advocacy effort has petered out somewhat, and there are far fewer people talking about, conducting, exploring, refining and pushing open aource advocacy."
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RE[5]: Maybe more subtle?
by dylansmrjones on Fri 20th Jan 2006 10:37 UTC in reply to "RE[4]: Maybe more subtle?"
dylansmrjones
Member since:
2005-10-02

Nope, and nobody in here would expect you to do it. It would be like Bill Gates running Gnome on his own desktop ;)

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RE[6]: Maybe more subtle?
by sappyvcv on Fri 20th Jan 2006 12:41 in reply to "RE[5]: Maybe more subtle?"
sappyvcv Member since:
2005-07-06

Why? A lot of the software I use just happens to not be open source.

Some is though. For instance, I love Perl. Just hadda get your snide remark in though, didn't ya?

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RE[7]: Maybe more subtle?
by dylansmrjones on Fri 20th Jan 2006 14:00 in reply to "RE[6]: Maybe more subtle?"
dylansmrjones Member since:
2005-10-02

Well, you using a lot of open source would be like me using a lot of proprietary software (without complaining).

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