HOW-TO: Giving up Ubuntu

[Timothy A. Holmes]

-----Original Message-----
From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
[mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Derek
Broughton
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 2:52 PM
To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: RE: HOW-TO: Giving up Ubuntu

Timothy A. Holmes wrote:

> I'm insulted and angry that people react so agressively to my earlier
> post.
> 
> Duncan
> [Timothy A. Holmes]
> 
> Duncan -- I tend to agree with you -- this is a mindset that the Linux
> community at large MUST get over if we hope to have a chance of
winning
> a large number of converts --

This is the problem.  We're not in a race.  We have no need for a large
number of converts.  We don't need market share (in fact, free software,
under the existing definitions, _can't_ have market share - no matter
how
many Linux desktops we have, the 'market share' will be restricted to
those
that bought a commercial Linux variant).

We simply don't _have_ to get over anything, and being told that we do
is
likely to get people's backs up.
-- 
derek

[Timothy A. Holmes] 
Derek:

Excellent point -- I hadn't thought of it that way -- seems I have
gotten a bit caught up in the do away with windows mentality too!

TIM

Timothy A. Holmes
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