[pp.int.general] Spanish elections

[Antonio Garcia]

But suppose I wanted to be able to use it for a very specific purpose, with a limited need for very specific pheripherals, in such a way that I could pick specific brands of them in function of their willingness to provide the necessary assistance...
 
... could a little effort be done towards it? 
 
> Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 00:50:08 -0400
> From: rms at gnu.org
> To: ningunotro at hotmail.com
> CC: roemeth at gmail.com; pp.international.general at lists.pirateweb.net
> Subject: Re: [pp.int.general] Spanish elections
> 
> It would be very nice to be able to call it GNU/Hurd soon! Now
> that would help solve the controversy.
> 
> The Hurd has serious problems that are consequences of its powerful
> features. Nobody knows how to solve these problems. So I don't
> expect the Hurd to replace Linux any time soon.
> 
> We don't need to replace the free parts of Linux. We only need to
> replace the nonfree drivers and nonfree blobs for certain peripherals.
> That job is a really important one.
> 
> If we switched to the Hurd, we would still need those free drivers and
> blob replacements. Thus, the Hurd would not advance us where we
> really need to advance.
> 
> -- 
> 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 free telephony http://directory.fsf.org/category/tel/
 		 	   		  
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