I don't buy needing nonfree software so that free software can stay that way. Software was originally not free, it was either a top secret government project or the product of internal corporate R&D. "Free" software came about more so when computers became devices for enthusiasts, e.t. the Altair etc.
The great thing about "free" software IMHO is that it is "free" to be commercialized! GPL'd code is not. Take FreeBSD vs. Linux, while many companies base their products on Linux, those who have more unix experience and intend to *improve* the code use FreeBSD. This creates more BSD developers and helps the free FreeBSD community in the long run.
Josh Damont
MobileSecure, Inc.
http://www.mobile-secure.com/
You raise some good questions, but there are even more.
What about the security concerns? Commercial firms are famous for writing bad code. Also, there are clear privacy dangers here. I for one would never run this on my desktop
Josh Daymont
MobileSecure, Inc.
http://www.mobile-secure.com/
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I don't buy needing nonfree software so that free software can stay that way. Software was originally not free, it was either a top secret government project or the product of internal corporate R&D. "Free" software came about more so when computers became devices for enthusiasts, e.t. the Altair etc. The great thing about "free" software IMHO is that it is "free" to be commercialized! GPL'd code is not. Take FreeBSD vs. Linux, while many companies base their products on Linux, those who have more unix experience and intend to *improve* the code use FreeBSD. This creates more BSD developers and helps the free FreeBSD community in the long run. Josh Damont MobileSecure, Inc. http://www.mobile-secure.com/
You raise some good questions, but there are even more. What about the security concerns? Commercial firms are famous for writing bad code. Also, there are clear privacy dangers here. I for one would never run this on my desktop Josh Daymont MobileSecure, Inc. http://www.mobile-secure.com/