At the risk of being lynched, some open source enthusiasts tend towards extremism which happens when a society begins to fight an establishment that is deemed to be monopolistic or dictatorlike. If you study human behaviour, should the movement succeed unhindered, it ends up becoming that which it was fighting..... On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 6:03 PM, Philip Musyoki <pmusyoki@gmail.com> wrote:
Why is Apple evil? Just because they make beautiful products that are not open source does not make them evil. Sometimes I simply get tired of hearing about open source, not that I am not an advocate of open source, but the moral high ground open source proponents tend to take, they stand their on their pedestals and watch look down upon the masses.
I think consumers should be left to decide, if they want to go open source or proprietary. Without being labelled evil. What would you feel if I said open source was extremist? Would you be happy?
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