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Re: [News] [Rival] Microsoft CEO Ignorant, Unable to Understand Free Software

On Sat, 09 Aug 2008 09:56:45 +0100, Mr Spock wrote:


> I appreciate that with Linux your expected to get under the hood and be
> an amateur mechanic and tinker a bit. But its just how much do I want to
> get my hands dirty. Not a lot.


No, you're not expected to do that.  I don't do that.  In fact, I would 
argue that I spend *less* time futzing with Linux then I would with 
Windows, however my only frame of reference is Windows users I speak with.

Yes, please do hack the kernel, come up with the "killer" plugin for Open 
Office, etc, etc, but there's no requirement to do so.  You're free to 
just be a user (leech).

Not to say that the attitude you allude to doesn't exist, it does, it's 
just less prevalent then perhaps it was in the past.  Preferably you'll 
"contribute" in your own way.  Wasn't it Mr. Spock who said "...and from 
each according to their abilities?" ;)



-Thufir

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