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I thought gentoo was short for Generation 2, what do I know. |
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I think Dan was joking. :P |
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At home I use a dual-boot mandrake/win2000 machine and have |
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been boasting about how I only use Linux for my personal and |
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eBusiness consulting (eCommerce websites) But the other day a |
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client needed a complex org-chart type map of a project and |
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after spending a hour time with DIA I rebooted and spent 15 |
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minutes with the Visio spreadsheet -> org chart wizard. Visio |
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isn't free but I never regretted buying it. |
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There is plenty of other Free Software you could have beenusing. |
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GNOME and related apps are usually poor examples of good Free |
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Software. :P For instance, you could've been using Lout. |
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You should have regretted buying it. What if your neighbour wants a |
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copy of Visio. Can you legally give him a copy? It's a well known |
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fact that no program can ever be known to be bug free, what happens |
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when you find a crippling bug in Visio? And don't say they don't |
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exist, because they do. |
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You keep saying ``Linux'', and judging from the context, I'm going to |
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assume that you were referring to the operating system, GNU/Linux. |
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I guess my point is that while I consider myself an decent |
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open source/GNU advocate I do not personally nor do I |
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recommend others use only open source software. I do, |
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however, strive to ensure that all the software I develop, as |
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well as what is developed around me, is "Free". |
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You should recommend that others use only Free Software. I use only |
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Free Software, and have for years, and I don't feel left out in the |
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least. |
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