Re: [fink-core] Running Octave from Fink?
Sergei Steshenko <[email protected]>
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----- Original Message ----- > From: Richard Stallman <[email protected]> > To: edmund ronald <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 2:45 AM > Subject: Re: [fink-core] Running Octave from Fink? [snip] > > Apple does not care what we say, but we can rouse the public to > reject the iThings. > > -- > Dr Richard Stallman > President, Free Software Foundation > 51 Franklin St > Boston MA 02110 > USA > www.fsf.org www.gnu.org > Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software. > Use Ekiga or an ordinary phone call "we can rouse the public to reject the iThings" - I don't think so. I.e. I don't First of all, it's a matter of human psychology. And a matter of how much people are dumbed down. Secondly, I have as an acquaintance a CTO of a successful (now former) startup, and he is a professional programmer, and he has worked with many platforms - both free and none-free. So he said that the iStuff was beating hands down other similar stuff from the point of view of user interface and convenience of use. Regards, Sergei.