GNU/Linux: Too Much about Hate, Not Enough about Pride
Ever since I wrote "It's Time to Get Over Microsoft," people have demanded in blogs and emails how I could ignore the obvious threat that Microsoft represents to free software. Usually, I ask them to read the article more carefully, and note that it suggests that free software has grown strong enough to take care of itself. The fact that so many free software supporters persist in a negative identity -- that is, one defined by not being a Microsoft user -- frankly puzzles me when the community has so much to be proud of in its own right.
I usually prefer to focus on what the free software community has accomplished.
Think about it: Starting from nothing, the free software community has achieved the impossible, confounding all sorts of expectations. In doing so, it has not only changed the way that business is done, but empowered millions, combining technological and social change in a way that has never been seen before. These accomplishments, I suggest, are long overdue for acknowledgement and celebration. We hear too much about hate, and not nearly enough about pride.
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Wrong Question, Wrong Answer
He is confusing bad behaviour and Microsoft. It's not so much the resistance to Microsoft as much as it is about abuse. One needn't look further than ISO, with GPL discrimination as well (as 'part' of the standard).
Right Question, Right Answer
Please just ignore old Schesto's rants; he and his blog are running amuck these days against new enemies every day - the latest one is ISO itself.
To get back on topic: Bruce Byfield tells EXACTLY what is wrong with parts of our community today (parts such as ole' Schesto here). We have to walk tall. Our Microsoft-fixation just belittles us. Get over it; get over people like Schesto.