tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2124831850793435411.post2159193634134100068..comments2024-02-14T12:45:14.859+00:00Comments on Linux Tipps, Fixes & More: "Begging the Software Gods"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2124831850793435411.post-43387947441793817562008-11-09T17:01:00.000+00:002008-11-09T17:01:00.000+00:00"A better idea for such an infrastructure would be...<I>"A better idea for such an infrastructure would be to make basic programming in simple languages part of education"</I><BR/><BR/>I don't think it would be an alternative as I don't think programming is something for everyone, just like math and physics. But I still agree, that programming and general IT classes should be mandatory today.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03544666801731533511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2124831850793435411.post-76215472664410680892008-11-09T13:33:00.000+00:002008-11-09T13:33:00.000+00:00The point I'm trying to make is that an infrastruc...<I>The point I'm trying to make is that an infrastructure that enables the average non-programmer user (e.g. through money) to really take advantage of these freedoms</I><BR/><BR/>A better idea for such an infrastructure would be to make basic programming in simple languages part of education, similar to maths or physics. Unlike physics or chemistry however, such a knowledge can become practically useful to everyone and actively help increase freedom and public wealthAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2124831850793435411.post-59882172440750605392008-11-09T11:38:00.000+00:002008-11-09T11:38:00.000+00:00Thank you for your comment.I don't see why you wou...Thank you for your comment.<BR/><BR/><I>I don't see why you would say that. The Freedom lies in the fact that if one wants it bad enough, no-one can stop him from having it.</I><BR/><BR/>Well yes, I don't disagree with him or you. That's true. Of course the main point is that you <I>do</I> have a choice. You <I>can</I> do it. <BR/><BR/>Now I think it should be made easier to actually <I>do</I> it, to benefit from that freedom. But e.g. finding a suitable programmer is often still complicated and not every open source project has a place to e.g. offer bounties. As he sais: <B>it is not always an easy choice, but a worthy choice</B>.<BR/><BR/>You have the freedom, but you can only really use it when you have someone with programming skills. And he did not mention that. (Of course that's not his point.)<BR/><BR/>The point I'm trying to make is that an infrastructure that enables the average non-programmer user (e.g. through money) to really take advantage of these freedoms (customize software) without much effort would have a positive effect for the open source community. It would give provide money to the programmers and help users in realizing the open source freedoms.<BR/><BR/>Now the other cool then is that you might actually get a programmer to write a feature for the same money you would have paid for a closed source software (esp. Microsoft Office vs. OpenOffice). And when you do, <I>everybody</I> can profit from that. If more people would see that and act like it, the whole community would profit.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03544666801731533511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2124831850793435411.post-54554798078380807022008-11-09T09:21:00.000+00:002008-11-09T09:21:00.000+00:00Unless you are (or employ) a mighty programmer, yo...<I>Unless you are (or employ) a mighty programmer, you are not as free as you feel after reading the article from your Linux system. ;-) </I><BR/><BR/>I don't see why you would say that. The Freedom lies in the fact that if one wants it bad enough, no-one can stop him from having it. One can always hire or simply become a programmer.<BR/>With closed source, you can't do anything even if you want to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com