Daily Archives: October 3, 2006

Just what do you say to the Windows Weenie

Now okay the term “Windows Weenie” is somewhat pejorative, I’ll admit, but what else do you call them?

Potential Free Software Users?
Proprietary Software Fans?
The Unenlightened?
Sheep?

Whatever you call them, they’re the people you meet who are actively pro-proprietary software or veremently anti-free software. I’ve met quite a few who have reacted in very different ways …

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Leveraging skills to help Free Software

A lot of talk in the Open Source community is about contributing. Indeed in a previous blog post I mentioned a discussion I had with a guy who doesn’t directly contribute back to the community. I think there’s distinct reasons why people don’t give back to the community directly. First it’s worth outlining some …

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