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List:       kde-promo
Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] KDE and the Cloud
From:       "Jos Poortvliet" <jospoortvliet () gmail ! com>
Date:       2009-01-03 15:42:23
Message-ID: 5847e5cf0901030742rcbc52fey20244715a209caef () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 4:23 PM, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/1/3 Jos Poortvliet <jospoortvliet@gmail.com>:
> > > Honestly I have a big issue in finding that a Free Software project like KDE is
> > > promoting proprietary web services as "the edge" over other solutions
> > > internally. How does this go well with spreading "Free Culture" and "Free
> > > Software" as our most important asset to the outside?
> > 
> > I don't see how we as KDE are promoting Google documents when using it
> > internally to cooperate on writing articles.
> > 
> 
> If I have to use Google Docs to participate in KDE, then it is being
> promoted. Actually, worse, you are giving me a "Google's way or the
> highway" choice. I choose the highway.
> 
> > > So proprietary software is good a good thing as long as the company that
> > > provides it is "friendly"? I guess we should tell that to our users so they
> > > don't use Free Software if a superior solution exists that comes from a "oh-
> > > so-friendly" company.
> > > 
> 
> Yes! I have no problem with proprietary software. If there is a better
> proprietary solution, then use it. Best tool for the job, no politics.
> 
> > > Personally I usually don't have much of a problem with developing and using
> > > proprietary software at some reasonably low level either.
> > 
> > Neither do I, we apparently define 'reasonably' different in this case.
> > 
> 
> The issue is between using XYZ proprietary application for yourself,
> and making others use it to collaborate with you.

I offered to send the document, and you could've done what Aaron did.
Less efficient, but it works.

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> Dotan Cohen
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