Re: [Fsuk-manchester] [FSFE-Manc] RMS on BBC re: valve on ubuntu

[James Lawrie]

> it could be merely a matter of time before the
> average Ubuntu user is as unaware of freedom as the average Windows user.

I don't think this is necessarily a bad thing though - even if we 
haven't educated them on freedom we've still taken them closer to where 
they need to be, and jumping from Ubuntu to a more free Linux 
distribution wouldn't be as tough as jumping from where they are now.

As another example, if Microsoft released, and kept to, a document 
specification for Office products, which LibreOffice and others could 
then implement as is, I'd see that as a good thing. The software most 
users would be on is still non-free, but they wouldn't have to do as 
much to move themselves or their organisation to a free equivalent.

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James Lawrie