Re: Debian and open source scroungers

2024-10-11 Thread Andy Smith
Hi, On Fri, Oct 11, 2024 at 05:46:05PM +0100, Andre Rodier wrote: > Please, tell me what are your thoughts on this. Am I too pessimistic ? Are > you, like me, thinking these companies as open source "scroungers" ? i Opinion: The largest recipients of welfare in the Western world are corpo

Re: Debian and open source scroungers

2024-10-11 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> [...] >> Please, tell me what are your thoughts on this. Am I too pessimistic? >> Are you, like me, thinking these companies as open source "scroungers"? > I think it's more that "companies" tend to need assurances (i.e. someone > to call and blame when [insert solution here] doesn't do somethi

Re: Debian and open source scroungers

2024-10-11 Thread George at Clug
On Saturday, 12-10-2024 at 03:46 Andre Rodier wrote: > Dear Debian users, contributors, and enthusiasts, > > I have been working in IT, for more than twenty years, essentially Debian. > I tend to prefer non-computer related activities for the free time I have, > therefore, I don't really contr

Re: Debian and open source scroungers

2024-10-11 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
On 11.10.2024 21:46, Andre Rodier wrote: ... Please, tell me what are your thoughts on this. Am I too pessimistic ? Are you, like me, thinking these companies as open source "scroungers" ? Thanks for your feedback. Andrew I think those are all valid examples and opinions, but there is always

Re: Debian and open source scroungers

2024-10-11 Thread tomas
On Fri, Oct 11, 2024 at 05:46:05PM +0100, Andre Rodier wrote: > Dear Debian users, contributors, and enthusiasts, [...] > Please, tell me what are your thoughts on this. Am I too pessimistic ? Are > you, like me, thinking these companies as open source "scroungers" ? Yes, they are. Arguably, the

Re: Debian and open source scroungers

2024-10-11 Thread Dan Purgert
On Oct 11, 2024, Andre Rodier wrote: > [...] > Please, tell me what are your thoughts on this. Am I too pessimistic ? Are > you, like me, thinking these companies as open source "scroungers" ? I think it's more that "companies" tend to need assurances (i.e. someone to call and blame when [insert s

Debian and open source scroungers

2024-10-11 Thread Andre Rodier
Dear Debian users, contributors, and enthusiasts, I have been working in IT, for more than twenty years, essentially Debian. I tend to prefer non-computer related activities for the free time I have, therefore, I don't really contribute to Debian, at least not directly. Still, I have a persona