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What is the point of attacking such a minority? If the author claims it is a group of people so close to the "horizontal line", then why feel the need to negate
by rubatuga 8y ago
What is the point of attacking such a minority? If the author claims it is a group of people so close to the "horizontal line", then why feel the need to negate their arguments? If the author is the one saying that strong opinions are rarely correct, why would he mention a different strong opinion that Linux users should embrace proprietary software with open arms? It seems as if the author never realized the true struggles that open source or FOSS (not the same thing, I know) movements had in the early 2000s, with corporations such as Microsoft being outright at war with them. The author only uses the example of his small inconsequential startup.
- watwut 8y ago1.) Refuting arguments is not an attack. The article does not read like attack. It is civil and non inflammatory and non insulting. 2.) Those people vocally disagreed with his previous article, him following up defending amd explaining his stance is how discussion work. 3.) Why not? 4.) Why do you want him to be silent and that group to hAve monopoly on discourse?
- AsyncAwait 8y agoI saw the Reddit thread and couldn't find any particularly 'fundamentalist' views in it, not to say that a fundamentalist belief in user freedom is wrong.
- mherrmann 8y agoBy which you are admitting to being a fundamentalist. There's other people who do that. They often explode. Not a label I'd want to give myself.
- AsyncAwait 8y agoI personally don't mind the perception that I fundamentally care about freedom of computer users to be in control. It's called a principle and without it, you'd never see any progress. Thanks.
- dpower 8y agoAuthor here. It's not just one thread. And not just Reddit.