#3838 - Consistent Open Source philosophy / Switch to Linux

Identifier #3838
Issue type Feature request or suggestion
Title Consistent Open Source philosophy / Switch to Linux
Status Completed
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Roadmap: v11 (custom)

Handling member Chris Graham
Addon General / Uncategorised
Description This is more of a personal issue to me, but as lead developer of Composr it reflects on Composr's marketing.

I switched to a Mac a long time ago because I thought it was important to align my expectations with the best software design.

However, now we're passed that, and Apple doesn't have such a big design lead anymore. I think as lead developer I would be best off switching my machines over to Linux, so I can "fully live the philosophy" of Open Source. If anything is inadequate, it provides me motivation to work with people to get things fixed, or fix them myself.

The more I have thought about it, the more I've realised that trying to reach a "reasonable middle ground" for Open Source use makes no sense. When we align ourselves to powerful corporations like Google, Facebook, Apple, or Microsoft - putting dependencies on them for the best functionality, or recommending them for the best experience - we are seriously undermining what we in the Open Source community are trying to achieve. All these corporations have shown themselves hostile to the spirit of Open Source in various ways, and they all are parasitical on Open Source to some degree while holding it back by not having their 'value-add' itself as Open Source. Ideological-purity in the case of Open Source is not fanaticism, it's the necessary path to providing a complete viable solution for people and a consistent vision.

In the past I've also not been so good at community spirit in Open Source, but more of someone trying to provide a critical view on how things stand to provide accurate information to people. For example, in the past I've reviewed Linux desktops and pointed out all the flaws, without then working within the community to try and get them fixed. Personally, I aim to get much better at this. Community spirit is very important to solving problems collectively, and that's at the heart of Open Source.
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Additional information I realise the big corporations I listed all do support Open Source significantly. But all of them have closed-source software at the core of their businesses, and all of them use whatever monopoly-power they have to try and create lock-in and/or force undemocratic situations onto people.
Related to

#3789 - Git policy changes

#3213 - Composr Foundation / Composr v11 launch planning
Funded? No
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