Comments on: What YOU Can Do In 2007 For Open Source

By: ман

ман — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 12:58:32 +0000

Так не бывает. А то что мы оставляем приличные коменты, Вам только в помошь, только не до всех это доходит. А на тех блогах где сами блогеры и их коллеги матом разговаривают и хамят, хороших коментариев и ждать не чего.

By: Grillin_Man

Grillin_Man — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 13:58:59 +0000

I work in a large, multi-national company and have Edgy installed on a test laptop. By the end of the month I plan on showing the IT leaders that I can do the majority of my work from a Microsoft-free platform.

By: Beanbrain

Beanbrain — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 01:10:11 +0000

I recently dumped my .NET development job and the Windows platform for Ubuntu and an open source framework, and am very pleased with my decision.

I encourage others–developers in particular–to take advantage of the opportunity FOSS presents, and to use software created by programmers who care about you, instead of by companies interested only in filling their coffers.

By: Lonnie Olson

Lonnie Olson — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 05:49:43 +0000

Two years ago, I got addicted to a PowerBook (and OSX). Now my two-year-old laptop needs an upgrade. My New Year’s Resolution is that my next laptop (this year) is not going to run OSX. I need a new one very badly and I am going to switch. I am not a standard switcher, I was new to OSX, but understand Linux/BSD deeply. My biggest hurdle will be the hardware that always works, and iLife.

Your article here pushed me to make this commitment. I am going back to Freedom. Thanks.

By: Bennis und Karins Welt

Bennis und Karins Welt — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 14:45:31 +0000

Auf (nimmer) wiedersehen ICQ!…

Hallo Jabber.

Nachdem ich den Blogeintrag von Christer Edwards What YOU Can Do In 2007 For Open Source gelesen habe, war klar, dass ich nun eine Entscheidung zu treffen habe. Proprietäres ICQ Protokoll und Abhängigkeit von AOL mit weiteren G…

By: Aaron Toponce

Aaron Toponce — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 21:24:15 +0000

cenebris-

You’re missing the point of the post. It’s not about racism, X is better than Y, or anything of the like. The point of the post is:

If you are a FLOSS advocate, then take action, and start using using FLOSS applications, and ditch anything non-FLOSS. Start showing others the benefit of FLOSS, and help them show how easy it is to switch. That’s all.

If you’re a proprietary user, then more power to you. Enjoy your Opera browser and Skype and ICQ.

By: Ingnorant

Ingnorant — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 20:24:56 +0000

“…and the world will belong to FOSS”

Does FOSS need to put themselves against everybody else? Or should they co-exist with others in the interest of computer users???? Blind hate did not do good to anybody

By: cenebris

cenebris — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 18:40:36 +0000

So in other words this is racism or dumb politics to ONLY use oss even if there are better (and free) solutions. It seems to me like you are the one blinded by only one true way and it’s you should open your eyes…

By: Ubuntu Tutorials

Ubuntu Tutorials — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 18:29:55 +0000

Chris – You summed it up better than I did! Pay it Forward is exactly right! Thanks for the great comment.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 18:26:04 +0000

For the past 2 years I have worked for a major US DSL provider and since I have completely changed over to Open Source (Ubuntu flavours on 3 pcs – including my Media Center PC) 4 months ago I have started to let the Open Source Revolution flow through me.

We are limited in how and when we can make software recommendations to customers but when asked there is no limitation of us telling customers what we use. While the company I work for in no ways supports Linux or much of the FOSS family I spread the word where I can.

To my co-workers I hand out Ubuntu CDs like candy and with the customers I give recommendations where I can. Recently I had a customer express how tired he was with MS products and the strangle hold they had on him both at home and at work but he is limited because his wife does not like change. She has been using Netscape since 1997 and while not a MS product it is an AOL one.

This customer is now considering Linux at home, at work will be promoting Open Office and the Gimp and for their browser needs I introduced him to the amazing world of Sea Monkey from Mozilla.

To make the FOSS movement continue to move forward I described to him that the software is free but that the payback is to pay the movement forward by recommending FOSS products to at least one other person after he uses it and then if possible contribute to the forums, wikiis or numerous documentation projects at least once.

His answer….that’s better than $1100 for Windows, Office and Photoshop…..I’m Sold.

Everyone out there….pay it Forward and the world will belong to FOSS.