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> : I thought gentoo was short for Generation 2, what do I know. |
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> : I've been wrestling with free/GNU philosophy both at a personal level |
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> : as well as a professional. |
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> I think this is where the clear distinction between open-source and GNU |
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> philosophies differ. |
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> Open souce isn't about anti-microsoft. It's about pro-choice. |
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If I gave that impression then I apologize, I am not anti-MS in terms of both using thier software and selling it. But I do believe |
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that GNU 'forcing' developers to keep the code open will be better in the long run. |
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I also believe in practicing what I preach, so if I am suggesting that Linux can be used as a stable platform for typical employee |
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workstations, then I best be able to use it at some level for my own work. |
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I also get annoyed when people go out of thier way to alienate MS software and users, like KWord not being able to export rtf or MS |
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Word. I would rather not let the us vs them mentality infect my search for tools and technologies that allow me to get my job done |
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well. |
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-Aaron |