Ubuntu blues

[Peter Damoc]

On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 22:32:18 +0000, Martin Alderson <martinalderson at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 11:52:54 +0200, Peter Damoc <pdamoc at gmx.net> wrote:
>
>> a few Mb of stuff that would make all the difference to a kid. Shouldn't Ubuntu care for the > > younger generation? Shouldn't they start to learn about computers in a free environment?
>
> I don't think so. They should learn the most useful enviroment. This
> is like learning, I don't know.. Russian instead of French or Spanish
> at school.
>
> At the moment, Windows is the most useful enviroment at 95%+ of
> businesses use it on their desktops, and therefore that's going to be
> the one they are going to experience when they are older.
>

In my view a free environment nurtures values. This is simply my view. I don't wanna start a "who's da best" contest. I don't think Windows is bad, I don't think Linux is perfect, I don't think Bill Gates wants to take over the world, I don't think Bill Gates is evil.
What I do think is that we are defined by the ones around us, Ubuntu, "I am because we are". The only time I felt alive was when I stop living for me and did something for others...
Microsoft environment simply does not provide enough nurture for this kind of values... There are a lot of open source projects started on windows BUT if you'll do a simple correlation with the market share.... the results are just soo sad.

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Peter Damoc
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