Re: Icon designer wanted (Aquamacs Emacs)

[Tim McNamara]

David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> writes:

> Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> writes:
>
>> "Luis O. Silva" <l.o.silva@mail.ru> writes:
>>
>>> On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 00:59:49 -0600, Tim McNamara writes:
>>>
>>>    TM> I've yet to find a GNU/Linux or BSD system that is as good
>>>    TM> to use as OS X.
>>>
>>> It's not a matter of how well something works. The only way to go
>>> is that of freedom.
>>
>> How well software works is a central issue in getting people to use
>> it.
>
> It is a secondary consideration for free software.  The primary
> motivator is freedom.  If it weren't, free software would not exist,
> since the beginnings of free software were almost necessarily
> technically inferior to proprietary offerings.  Free software owes
> its existence to its freedoms, not its usefulness.  If you sacrifice
> the freedom for the sake of usefulness, you'll lose both in the end.

And vice-versa, David.  I am baffled that you seem to be unable to see
that.  Free useless software is simply irrelevant and contributes
nothing.  Free difficult-to-use software risks being irrelevant and
contributing little.