Which type of F/OSS user are you?

Post by **Patrick** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 8:19 am

Article breaks down F/OSS users into 7 basic types:
http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/a ... hp/3723131

I know I'm a combination of several categories so you can pick more than one in the poll.

snarkout · Post by **snarkout** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 9:55 am

None of the above - he's done a good job of making linux users sound like a bunch of douches who have petty axes to grind but, generally, weak moral fabric or total Jonestown Koolaid heads.

allix · Post by **allix** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 3:21 pm

I am a mix of Microsoft Haters , Bargain Hunters , Mainstream Advocates and a bit of The Activists

In retrospect those groups collide, so i am not like any one individual group.

Wally Balljacker · Post by **Wally Balljacker** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 6:27 pm

I checked "mainstream advocate" and "activist", since I tend to be pragmatic about my own use of FOSS software, but I also believe strongly in the politics of FOSS, and I consider Free Software to be interconnected with free speech and many social issues.

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 2:13 pm

I put softcore because I like to use it myself and really stick to telling people to try Firefox or OpenOffice. While I gripe and grumble about Microsoft, I feel most people who use a computer aren't ready for a non-Microsoft OS, even if it is a POS. Getting people to use Firefox is tough enough and I always warn about about IE but most of the time they never learn. *sigh*

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