[FOSS] How does one respond to this line of questioning?

David Rysdam david at rysdam.org
Fri Apr 8 05:58:09 EDT 2011


On Thu, 07 Apr 2011 21:26:43 -0400, Bruce Labitt <bruce.labitt at myfairpoint.net> wrote:
> Had an interesting conversation this evening.  A snipped 
> version basically was:
> 
> op: You like to use a lot of Open Source Software don't 
> you?  Don't you know it is not 'standard' here?
> 
> me: Hmm.  What part of free, efficient and fast don't you 
> care for?
> 
> op: (no answer)
> 
> 
> How do list members respond to this line of questioning?  

The "standard" here gives the game away. It used to be said that nobody
got fired for buying IBM. Then nobody got fired for buying
Microsoft. But really, nobody got fired for buying "the standard",
i.e. what everyone else is buying.



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