<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 11:26 PM, Tzafrir Cohen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tzafrir@cohens.org.il">tzafrir@cohens.org.il</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 06:01:27PM +0200, Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda wrote:<br>
> Hello all, and especially the avid argumentative people,<br>
><br>
> The Technion debate club has offered to organize a show-debate on the<br>
> subject of FOSS vs. proprietary software.<br>
<br>
</div>Could you please be more specific? There are a number of quite different<br>
questions:<br>
<br>
* Is FOSS useful for the economy?<br>
* Is proprietary software good for the economy?<br>
* Is proprietary software immoral?<br>
<br>
etc.<br>
<br>
<br>
Here is an example of a more focused question:<br>
<br>
Should FOSS be preffered to proprietary software in goverenment<br>
contracts?<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br>The specific question was not decided yet. Given the resignation of Boaz Dolev of the ministry of finance, who is a supporter of FOSS in gov, it is a good time for the gov question, IMHO.<br><br>
Another battlefield is the user's perspective - "should I prefer to install FOSS on my machine(s)" (as opposed to should I prefer to develop FOSS).<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Note that this question mostly ignores moral aspects.<br>
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