Re: Flame Linus to a crisp!

Ragnar Hojland Espinosa
2003-04-25T12:25:30Z

On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 10:12:22AM -0400, Timothy Miller wrote:
>
> As much as I dislike Microsoft for its business practices, I still feel
> uneasy having illegal copies of their Office suite. So I use OpenOffice
> instead. Likewise, I prefer to use Linux because having a free copy of
> it is perfectly legal. And finally, although I do like the idea of
> being able to sample music before I buy it, I feel an attachment to
> artists I listen to, so I buy their CD's (despite the fact that it helps
> the RIAA).

> So the idea of having something which prevents me from illegally
> pirating something doesn't bother me so much. Whenever I have to do
> serious work, I either use an OSS tool, or I pay money for a piece of
> software so I can get support -- sometimes, I even pay for OSS stuff.
> The idea of a DRM system malfunctioning and preventing me from
> accessing my legally-licensed material DOES bother me very much, but I
> think only in the hands of people like us can it be done right, because
> we're the very ones who would suffer were it to break.

What I don't get is why would you think MS you'd be able to open MS docs with
open office, or how would Wine work. Or even more simple, would you be able
to just plug a samba server and that it would be recognized by MS clients as
a trusted party?

I must surely be missing something..
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