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I think that you are displaying your arrogance. These open source advocates are fighting with peoples ignorance. People are known to be ignorant about deeper co

I think that you are displaying your arrogance. These open source advocates are fighting with peoples ignorance. People are known to be ignorant about deeper consequences out of the convenience and I do not believe that very sizeable amount of them are given a change to be more informed. I'll give you a different example. These are two positive reaction examples for the cashless society: 1) I pay with the card all the time anyway. 2) I do not like coins. These are naive reactions considering only personal convenience. If these people are guided to have a longer more focused thought about the issue then they are able to make more informed decision.

throwanem 10y ago
So put your money where your mouth is and build something that can win in the market. Hectoring people and complaining that open source or free software is judged too harshly accomplishes nothing and benefits no one.
- eveningcoffee 10y ago
  It is pointless to build something when there is no market for it. You can see this, as you call it, hectoring as a market generation. If the market is ready, a product will emerge for it. This process is also made more difficult by arrogant people like you who out of their ignorance or self interest actively work against it. Let me explain: saying put your money where your mouth is and build something that can win in the market is considerably arrogant position as it states that an argument is simply wrong just because current market will probably not sustain it. But it will not sustain it because the market is not informed enough and it is very difficult to campaign against actors with huge resources on the sea of ignorance. Besides, I am simple observer, not a one I was describing. But I am becoming to believe more and more that the basic infrastructure were are using must be open to reclaim the lost trust within the society.
  - throwanem 10y ago
    > You can see this, as you call it, hectoring as a market generation. I've been seeing it for well over two decades now. That's more than enough time for a market to emerge, were it ever likely to produce one.

throwanem 10y ago

So put your money where your mouth is and build something that can win in the market. Hectoring people and complaining that open source or free software is judged too harshly accomplishes nothing and benefits no one.

eveningcoffee 10y ago
It is pointless to build something when there is no market for it. You can see this, as you call it, hectoring as a market generation. If the market is ready, a product will emerge for it. This process is also made more difficult by arrogant people like you who out of their ignorance or self interest actively work against it. Let me explain: saying put your money where your mouth is and build something that can win in the market is considerably arrogant position as it states that an argument is simply wrong just because current market will probably not sustain it. But it will not sustain it because the market is not informed enough and it is very difficult to campaign against actors with huge resources on the sea of ignorance. Besides, I am simple observer, not a one I was describing. But I am becoming to believe more and more that the basic infrastructure were are using must be open to reclaim the lost trust within the society.
- throwanem 10y ago
  > You can see this, as you call it, hectoring as a market generation. I've been seeing it for well over two decades now. That's more than enough time for a market to emerge, were it ever likely to produce one.