Richard Stallman vs. Web 2.0
I really respect Richard Stallman , the creator of the free software philosophy.
But, as elsewhere, in free software you don’t need to go as far as fanaticism .
I was very upset by Stallman's March interview with Richard Stallman vs. Web 2.0 .
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Here are some quotes:
The main goal of Stallman's interview is that the user must control the software with which he works. And since he cannot control the work of the web series (even if this web service is open source), then the use of web services must be abandoned .
It seems to me that Stallman speaks in terms of the categories of the 80-90s of codes - the time of the birth of free software. Then, indeed, all programs were executed on the user's computer, and the user had to control them.
But now times have changed! Software systems have become so complex that, in principle, they cannot run on one, or even several computers. Their work requires huge clusters worth millions of dollars. Teamwork, sociality, etc. - how can this be realized without web services?
Of course, the closeness of web services and the inability to control their work is a problem for the idea of free software. Habrahabr has repeatedly raised the topic that Google is no less closed than Microsoft.
But, I am sure, web services can be combined with the idea of free software. How to do it better - just decide Stallman, "Free Software Foundation" and all those who support the Idea. And the problems that bring us new times , must be solved, and not try to escape from them.
I would very much like to know what habrarey people think about this.
But, as elsewhere, in free software you don’t need to go as far as fanaticism .
I was very upset by Stallman's March interview with Richard Stallman vs. Web 2.0 .
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Here are some quotes:
Andrei Pismenny : What do you think about online services and, in particular, the gradual migration of user programs to the Internet?
Richard Stallman : I do not know what is meant by the migration of user programs to the Internet. What are you talking about? I use emacs.
Richard Stallman : <...> Google Docs <...> does not work on your computer, so you put your documents on someone's server and this someone has control over the processing of your data. This is mistake. You must work with your documents on your computer with your own copy of a free program that you control.
Andrei Pismenny : And how to work together with documents?
Richard Stallman : I don't understand what the problem is. You can send copies of the ODF document by mail (!!! - VS).
The main goal of Stallman's interview is that the user must control the software with which he works. And since he cannot control the work of the web series (even if this web service is open source), then the use of web services must be abandoned .
It seems to me that Stallman speaks in terms of the categories of the 80-90s of codes - the time of the birth of free software. Then, indeed, all programs were executed on the user's computer, and the user had to control them.
But now times have changed! Software systems have become so complex that, in principle, they cannot run on one, or even several computers. Their work requires huge clusters worth millions of dollars. Teamwork, sociality, etc. - how can this be realized without web services?
Of course, the closeness of web services and the inability to control their work is a problem for the idea of free software. Habrahabr has repeatedly raised the topic that Google is no less closed than Microsoft.
But, I am sure, web services can be combined with the idea of free software. How to do it better - just decide Stallman, "Free Software Foundation" and all those who support the Idea. And the problems that bring us new times , must be solved, and not try to escape from them.
I would very much like to know what habrarey people think about this.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/26398/
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