Advocate, but don’t Pressure

In the world of open source we’re often guilty of ‘over-advocating’, and friends can often feel threatened. If one of your friends seems to be acting irrationally or is openly hostile to your efforts, then often there is a good reason for it. Here is an analogy to explain. Imagine for instance that you’ve bought [...]

Don’t call proprietary software evil!

That may sound strange from someone who claims to be a free software advocate, but I say this in response to the Free Software Foundation’s recent gaffs, including motions to protest by holding up Apple store operatives by asking awkward questions,  setting up a site about ‘Windows 7 sins’ and sending letters to Fortune 500 [...]