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Nero for Linux!!!!!!
Orethrius:
I must admit that my own feelings on this issue are somewhat divided. Having people try something new is always a Good Thing(tm), but they should at least do it for the right reasons. As much as I hate to say this, one company porting their software to Linux then inevitably claiming it's "new and innovative" when another, IMO better solution has existed for the past eight years is disingenuous at best.
Bottom line: People should switch to Linux because they want freedom, not because they want to enslave themselves on a different platform.
Aloone_Jonez:
There again why should people switch to Linux for wanting freedom, why can't they switch because they prefer it to the alternatives?
Orethrius:
--- Quote from: Aloone_Jonez ---There again why should people switch to Linux for wanting freedom, why can't they switch because they prefer it to the alternatives?
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I'm not saying they shouldn't, but why prefer it if not for the freedom? ;)
My problem is that we're getting huge throngs of users that neither know nor care of the history of why Torvalds made the Linux kernel and why Stallman continues to push open-source for it. The entire platform is about freedom, both of choice and of knowledge, and attempts by corporations to port applications to it without bothering to release the source should always be seen as a failure of the model. It is, quite literally, a slap in the face to everyone that ever worked to create FOSS alternatives because the proprietary vendors were too selfish to release their source specifications in any form.
EDIT: Bottom line: Remember when MASM was around, and people could do whatever the hell they wanted with Windows? Remember what happened after that? I'll be damned if I'll stand by and let that happen to Linux, and if that means the banishment of proprietary software, then so be it.
yahurd:
--- Quote ---I'm not saying they shouldn't, but why prefer it if not for the freedom?;)
My problem is that we're getting huge throngs of users that neither know nor care of the history of why Torvalds made the Linux kernel and why Stallman continues to push open-source for it. The entire platform is about freedom, both of choice and of knowledge, and attempts by corporations to port applications to it without bothering to release the source should always be seen as a failure of the model. It is, quite literally, a slap in the face to everyone that ever worked to create FOSS alternatives because the proprietary vendors were too selfish to release their source specifications in any form.
EDIT: Bottom line: Remember when MASM was around, and people could do whatever the hell they wanted with Windows? Remember what happened after that? I'll be damned if I'll stand by and let that happen to Linux, and if that means the banishment of proprietary software, then so be it.
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you didnt end in a smiley:eek:
H_TeXMeX_H:
So can we do a comparison ... what can nero do that k3b can't ?
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