Sorry to hi-jack the general assembly thread to reply to the article on planet.
I personally tend to disagree with any extremist idea and have to say, even though I'd love to be in the world described in Daniel's article, I still am for compromises:-)
A world without compromise and tolerance is not different than the world full of dictatorship or slavery. I know it sounds like a paradox and it actually is a paradox. By surrounding yourself with the restrictions and walls you do nothing but imprison yourself and it is the same with proprietary software.
I personally try to avoid the usage of proprietary solutions but at the same time I don't consider a big tragedy if I happen to have to use proprietary software where there is no equivalent offered.
What I am trying to say is that, in my opinion, it is thanks to its interoperability and integration (with non-free environments) that free and open source software achieved a magnificent success for the last 17yrs.
I say 17 years because it is 17 years I am using free software and I actively promote it whenever I have/get a chance, I use every opportunity to do that. I'd like to remark the word promoting and not forcing people to use free software:-)
Sorry Daniel but I have to go with Jonas on this one and actually I'd love to have a discussion on this topic whenever needed.
Stefan