[Ilugc] Forget about MS , work towards a better GNU/Linux( was [FSUG-Bangalore] Boycott Novell Protesters Man-handled at National Conference on Free Software 2008)

[satish]

Exactly , I agree with Gautham , in my early days when i started using
Linux, I used to sit and explain it to my fellow students how Linux was
better(around Fedora Core 3 ;-)) than Windows.( Though i never used
Windows in my life ). But now if someone asks me, i just tell them why
"Linux is the best". 
Lets work towards a better GNU/Linux ecosystem and leave the choice to
the 'user'.

I still wonder why people look upto windows for functionality use cases
when contributing to OSS projects ?? this one thing still puzzles me !!

Satish
Fedora Ambassador, VIT
On Sun, 2008-11-16 at 23:44 +0530, ilugc-request at ae.iitm.ac.in wrote:
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> On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 2:03 PM, Praveen A <pravi.a at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > The organisers called up Kochi police and man handled the Anivar
> > Aravind a former student of the Cochin University and a well known
> > free software activist.
> 
> 
> I  have been saying NONO to Mono projects for ages now :P.
> 
> But I am kinda distressed by the entire Boycott Novell campaign. Of
> course
> Novell is a work of Satan :P but, when you have such infighting in a
> free
> software exhibition, it does not project a good image of The Free
> World.
> 
> I feel people who use and promote GNU/Linux must be more focussed on
> development and improvement of the OS and its various apps than be
> concerned about Microsoft. When we keep complaining about Microsoft's
> stupidity (which need not be actually spoken about), we behave more
> like
> kids
> fighting over their favorite Power Ranger. I used to be a "Not that
> Windows
> sh*t" kinda first year kid at college. But for over a year now, I dont
> nag
> people
> telling them that windows sucks. I give them an Ubuntu/Fedora Live
> CD/DVD
> and let them choose for themselves. I find it has a better effect on
> them.
> Previously, they thought I was merely trying to act "cool and
> different".
> Now
> they actually see my point.
> 
> I am not saying that we must stay shut when Microsoft says "Hey, That
> Linux
> kernel uses  the scheduler hand coded by Paul Allen way back in his
> 5th
> grade".
> But I strongly feel that referring to the OS as Winblows or Windoze on
> Microsh*t
> etc is childish. We know we are at a different plane. Let us not stoop
> down
> to
> the level of Microsoft which believes in whining about everything. A
> classic
> example
> being this *http://tinyurl.com/2n6tc3*
> 
> 
> I dont care how many computers have Windows on them. I dont care about
> how
> Windows 7 is going to shape. All I care to worry about is whether
> GNU/Linux
> works
> for me and how I  can help improve it! I go any distance I can for
> people
> who want
> to actually see the alternative. But I dont waste my breath for those
> who
> are
> obstinate and say "I feel Microsoft is the best. Are all other
> Microsoft
> users fools?"
> 
> 
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