I read with interest Mark Pilgrim’s announcement and reasons for switching from Apple MacOS to the Ubuntu OS (Linux) because he is a leader in the Mozilla community and more generally open source. The responses from the Mac community have been intense as many feel they are losing a leader. John Gruber, in Oranges, summaries the nature of the many of the responses and some of the issues. He presents a balanced view of many of the issues, and continues to try to win Mark back to the Mac. It looks like Mark has shut that door.
My interest in Mark’s switch is mostly because I have long struggled balancing using open technologies and my productivity. Just like Mark, Bart Decrem, Chris Messina, Matt Mullenweg, David Weekly, Asa Dotzer, and almost all other open format and source advocates.
This is a great example of a first world problem. I am so fortunate!
Even with my limited experience and understanding I believe that access to open technology is an essential building block for healing our world. By using Ubuntu OS and other open format and source technologies — although I am much more productive for many of my daily tasks on Windows or Mac — I do a little to make less fortunate people’s problems my own. My discomfort is the only discomfort I can relieve.
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