Richard M. Stallman is glad Jobs is gone
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 4:52 am
Check this out.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/f ... -gone/9707
I'm not an Apple fan, and I do use Linux on my laptop (Windows 7 on my desktop), but I think this guy's had it all wrong. Nobody is forcing you to buy Apple. There's a place for Apple and there's a place for free stuff such as Linux (and a place for Windows too!). Apple products are pricey, there's no arguing that, but they also work out of the box. Linux and other free software are, well, free, but you also have to live with the fact that there's a higher chance that they're buggy and are usually more suited for techy people. You could say that Linux/other free stuff work well, but the fact remains that they don't enjoy the same level of in-house testing and debugging that only a commercial organization can provide through proper, systematic internal funding and management. Remember, no Linux community member can possibly dedicate all his time to debugging Linux or free stuff. He has a day job, after all. Those working for Apple, however, do nothing but work on their products day after day.
Both Apple and free software have their merits and drawbacks, but to publicly state that Apple is a cool jail is just trolling on this Stallman guy's part.
If you ask me, this guy's the computer world's equivalent of Bin Laden. He has his followers (who knows, some may even be ok to die for their cause), but he sure is an extremist. And statements like these from him or from others dedicated to their cause only serve to tarnish the free software community's image.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/f ... -gone/9707
I'm not an Apple fan, and I do use Linux on my laptop (Windows 7 on my desktop), but I think this guy's had it all wrong. Nobody is forcing you to buy Apple. There's a place for Apple and there's a place for free stuff such as Linux (and a place for Windows too!). Apple products are pricey, there's no arguing that, but they also work out of the box. Linux and other free software are, well, free, but you also have to live with the fact that there's a higher chance that they're buggy and are usually more suited for techy people. You could say that Linux/other free stuff work well, but the fact remains that they don't enjoy the same level of in-house testing and debugging that only a commercial organization can provide through proper, systematic internal funding and management. Remember, no Linux community member can possibly dedicate all his time to debugging Linux or free stuff. He has a day job, after all. Those working for Apple, however, do nothing but work on their products day after day.
Both Apple and free software have their merits and drawbacks, but to publicly state that Apple is a cool jail is just trolling on this Stallman guy's part.
If you ask me, this guy's the computer world's equivalent of Bin Laden. He has his followers (who knows, some may even be ok to die for their cause), but he sure is an extremist. And statements like these from him or from others dedicated to their cause only serve to tarnish the free software community's image.