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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...<BR>
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... could a little effort be done towards it? <BR> <BR>
> Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 00:50:08 -0400<BR>> From: rms@gnu.org<BR>> To: ningunotro@hotmail.com<BR>> CC: roemeth@gmail.com; pp.international.general@lists.pirateweb.net<BR>> Subject: Re: [pp.int.general] Spanish elections<BR>> <BR>> It would be very nice to be able to call it GNU/Hurd soon! Now<BR>> that would help solve the controversy.<BR>> <BR>> The Hurd has serious problems that are consequences of its powerful<BR>> features. Nobody knows how to solve these problems. So I don't<BR>> expect the Hurd to replace Linux any time soon.<BR>> <BR>> We don't need to replace the free parts of Linux. We only need to<BR>> replace the nonfree drivers and nonfree blobs for certain peripherals.<BR>> That job is a really important one.<BR>> <BR>> If we switched to the Hurd, we would still need those free drivers and<BR>> blob replacements. Thus, the Hurd would not advance us where we<BR>> really need to advance.<BR>> <BR>> -- <BR>> Dr Richard Stallman<BR>> President, Free Software Foundation<BR>> 51 Franklin St<BR>> Boston MA 02110<BR>> USA<BR>> www.fsf.org, www.gnu.org<BR>> Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software.<BR>> Use free telephony http://directory.fsf.org/category/tel/<BR> </body>
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