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- From: micky at drupalconnection.com (Micky Metts)
- Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 18:42:05 -0500
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Huge thanks to everyone that has thought about this and responded. This is a wealth of information. I am not a newcomer to RMS or FSF ideologies, I just wanted to make sure I didn't miss any key items that are relevant to a Drupal crowd or a newcomer to programming. Many Drupal people have entered Drupal through a non-traditional software development doorway and they do not have a background in software development - some are graphic designers and some are HTML and CSS experts, etc. that will probably learn some PHP due to their involvement in Drupal. I want to reach the people like myself - the non-programmer that understands most of why free software is important, but due to many reasons: lack of knowledge about GNU/Linux no retail linux stores no Linux helpdesk (it's a new era where help is in the forums and in your ' extended circles') low use of my local OS ( personally I just used it to get to my servers... which run Linux) not understanding how to run Linux locally (how easy it is and how user friendly) lack of accessibility to try Linux (didn't know about live cd etc..) Due to these reasons and a few more, I found it easier to just use Windows for years! Mea Culpa. Michele Metts DrupalConnection.com - Social Networks - Websites for Entrepreneurs 617-877-1658 On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 5:43 PM, John Abreau <abreauj at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 4:45 PM, Richard Pieri <richard.pieri at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> John Abreau wrote: >> >>> Freedom only for developers is kind of like a democracy where only >>> wealthy landowners are allowed to vote. >> >> >> As if freedom only for users is any better. >> >> > > Developers are themselves users. Saying that freedom is "only" for users is > the same as saying freedom is restricted "only" to everybody. The > connotations of the word "only" in that sentence conflict with the fact that > the group includes everybody, and thus using the word "only" in that > sentence is .disingenuous. > > > > > -- > John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix > Email: abreauj at gmail.com / WWW http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0x920063C6 > PGP-Key-Fingerprint A5AD 6BE1 FEFE 8E4F 5C23 C2D0 E885 E17C 9200 63C6 >
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