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20th Anniversary of RMS's Original GNU Post

Posted by michael on Friday September 26, 2003 @05:02PM from the who-gnu? dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Sep 27, 2003 is the 20th anniversary of Stallman's original Usenet post describing his vision of GNU. Good time for reflecting over GNU's successes and failures, about how it has changed our world."

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Re:Great example... by pirhana · 2003-09-27 00:03 · Score: 0, Redundant

>Look at the average user of free software. They most likely use a mix of free and non-free software. They usually pick the best tool for the job and go with it.

Speak for yourself !. If you are talking about the "average user", the statment could be correct. But when you speak about the average "free software user", the "best tool for the job" mantra is simply not true. Most of the free software users I know(including me) has a distinct bias towards the free(speech) softwares and they prefer to avoid using proprietery software as much as possible. Atleast follow through slashdot discussions (especially "ask slashdot") and you will understand this fact.

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