[BadVista Advocate] Ubuntu? Well OT.

[Kevin Dwyer]

On 4/30/07, John Sullivan <johns at fsf.org> wrote:
>
> We're not going to debate about this particular point on this mailing list.
> This campaign is about emphasizing the freedom of free software as an
> alternative to Vista's restrictions, and we believe that acknowledging the
> contribution the GNU project made to the operating system out of their desire
> to have freedom and not just good software is a very important step in this
> regard.

That's fine with me; I didn't bring it up.  I was "corrected."

> If you disagree with us about what alternative to best promote (as we will only
> be promoting fully free GNU/Linux distributions), I hope you can still work
> with us on the other part of the campaign, which is to highlight the problems
> with Vista that you name. We can focus and work together where we
> agree---that's what I would like, anyway.

For the most part, I do not care which software you promote so long as
it is not Vista.

As a developer of both GPL and non-GPL (have to pay the mortgage
somehow) code, a user of various forms of Unix for many years, and a
strong believer in civil freedom, I would like to work to put a stop
to these issues which I consider morally wrong.  However, it seems
like many of the free software advocates on this list are not
interested in tolerating less aggressive users as myself.  I
personally find the constant, snide slights by some people to be
offensive, childish and/or naive, and detrimental to the cause.

I don't bring this up because I'm so easily offended, but because it
seems like a volunteer organization shouldn't be so exclusive.
Obviously, John, you understand.

-kpd