Zygmunt Krynicki from https://launchpad.net/~zkrynicki here.
I agree that the world you want is better than the world we'd have if all software was FOSS, but not going the extra mile you've described. I strongly disagree with your conclusion.
Saying that not doing the absolute perfect thing imaginable is bad or "it is a failure" is disrespectful to all the effort of countless individuals that spent a good chunk of their life trying to get that much for you, me and everyone else.
If you want to see the big picture, why stop at software? Stop doing software! Ensure that all people are fed, live in non-polluted, overcrowded areas. Fight oppression from governments, business. Fight racial and sexual inequality. And save the planet too.
If you have any time left, maybe considering some free software. It's always better than proprietary software. And doing it is not a failure.
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Kind of true but missing the bigger picture
Date: 2014-09-24 10:52 am (UTC)I agree that the world you want is better than the world we'd have if all software was FOSS, but not going the extra mile you've described. I strongly disagree with your conclusion.
Saying that not doing the absolute perfect thing imaginable is bad or "it is a failure" is disrespectful to all the effort of countless individuals that spent a good chunk of their life trying to get that much for you, me and everyone else.
If you want to see the big picture, why stop at software? Stop doing software! Ensure that all people are fed, live in non-polluted, overcrowded areas. Fight oppression from governments, business. Fight racial and sexual inequality. And save the planet too.
If you have any time left, maybe considering some free software. It's always better than proprietary software. And doing it is not a failure.