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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1224524"><p>This is a mindset that I have no comprehension of, so I probably can't answer the question. But I will say this -- breaking out of a rigid ideology is generally a noble act. Trying to shoehorn something new INTO a rigid ideology generally isn't.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Open-source is the most overrated thing since Oasis. Almost *anything* that's out there that's open source (and any good) is available to you on the Mac (and if you add in the Mac's ability to run any version of Windows or Linux or UNIX for that matter, then strike the "almost"). But something being open source does not make it magically better or even right. Some open-source stuff is great. Most is crap. This corresponds more or less identically to everything else in the world.</p><p></p><p>Paying for something you like or is useful to you is far more of a noble act than just taking and not giving anything back just because nobody's making you. IMO.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Never. I think you've missed the point of Linux entirely there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1224524"] This is a mindset that I have no comprehension of, so I probably can't answer the question. But I will say this -- breaking out of a rigid ideology is generally a noble act. Trying to shoehorn something new INTO a rigid ideology generally isn't. Open-source is the most overrated thing since Oasis. Almost *anything* that's out there that's open source (and any good) is available to you on the Mac (and if you add in the Mac's ability to run any version of Windows or Linux or UNIX for that matter, then strike the "almost"). But something being open source does not make it magically better or even right. Some open-source stuff is great. Most is crap. This corresponds more or less identically to everything else in the world. Paying for something you like or is useful to you is far more of a noble act than just taking and not giving anything back just because nobody's making you. IMO. Never. I think you've missed the point of Linux entirely there. [/QUOTE]
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