On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 8:14 PM, simo simo.sorce@xsec.it wrote:
For those that ask sincerely you can simply reply that freedom comes with a cost, and sometimes this cost is a bit of inconsistency.
Or better yet, point them to the inconsistencies of non-free systems; at that point freedom is not a cost, it's a premium.
All this discussion seems to imply that the GNU system is different than Mac OS X or Windows, meaning that those are the kingdom of 'everything works' while on GNU things get stuck more often. My experience is different: all of them have serious issues. Last year I got tired of hearing these complaints against GNU and decided to test OS X deeply. My findings are described in 3 posts on my blog (http://maffulli.net/2008/10/02/mac-os-x-vs-gnu-my-personal-summary-13/ and following *-23 *-33). In short, OS X has many inconsistencies and real annoyances (not counting the fact it's DRM filled), like missing drivers or A/V codecs (whose setup is so much easier in most GNU/Linux distros.)
It's better to ignore the FUD and fire up the keyboards to promote the good features and the *consistencies* of the GNU systems.
/stef