Phil:
I think it would be more effective if you didn't come across so extreme.
Sorry, I meant death on a corporate level, not a personal one.
Sure, but even that's too harsh, IMO.
Why? If it's them or us, I want it to be them.
(Now if you'd said you wanted to see Microsoft bankrupt... :-))
Why one rule for MS and another for VA? To me, it's immaterial who is threatening us. MS is not the great Satan, although they do have a proven track record as a "predatory monopolist" or whatever the US judges said.
None of the others are incompatible directions with the others,
Sure they are, you can't run Linux and BSD on the same box at the same time (unless you're using something like VMware).
They are free unix-like operating systems which share much code. I'd call that more compatible than mutually exclusive.
Is there place for non-free software in the free software community?
The cxommunity is made up of people not programs. Is there a place for people who use non-free software in the free software community? Yes, IMO.
That's where we'll have to differ. I don't think that we should support predatory proprietary software at all. What you do in your own time is up to you, but it is clearly outside this movement.
Why do I think they're incompatible? Well, the creator of the non-free is compelled (by law, usually) to try to corner the market, while the creator of the free may try to make a good implementation.
Oh, and if you call it a wug, I shall insist the plural is wugfskz.
Splitter. :-)
I'm not the one in the People's Front of Judea! :-)