General GNU project and free software discussions

Tim Smith | 3 Jan 2008 06:15

Re: Free Software Lifestyle

In article <mailman.5620.1199274647.18990.gnu-misc-discuss <at> gnu.org>,
 Ciaran O'Riordan <ciaran <at> fsfe.org> wrote:
> Tim Smith <reply_in_group <at> mouse-potato.com> writes:
> > I bet if you look around, you'll find that you are happily using plenty 
> > of things that use non-free software every day.
> 
> This argument is: You can't attain perfection, so don't try improving.

But you can achieve perfection.  The Amish, I suspect, use no closed or 
proprietary software.

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Ciaran O'Riordan | 3 Jan 2008 16:18

Re: Free Software Lifestyle


Tim Smith <reply_in_group <at> mouse-potato.com> writes:
> But you can achieve perfection.  The Amish, I suspect, use no closed or
> proprietary software.

Ok, you're right there.  So I should have said that perfection can't be
achieved "while benefiting from advances in technology" ...or something to
that effect.

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