[Arm-netbook] System 76 - Entering Phase 3

[Allan Mwenda]

"Please let us add *insert proprietary here* because its *convenient/affordable/any other reason other than good for the user*" 
There's making deals that are win win and theres digging a hole that you then get stuck in yourself. 

On 21 April 2017 23:02:17 GMT+03:00, Christopher Havel <laserhawk64 at gmail.com> wrote:
>Allan, please help me remember never to try to make a deal with you.
>
>Compromise is the art of two or more parties entering into a
>partnership
>where they each get some of what they want. You scratch my back and I
>will
>scratch yours.
>
>The journey to completely open software is one of those journeys of the
>proverbial thousand steps. Each step can be - and,  in some sense,
>*must*
>be - both a compromise and a step forward. Only with enough of both
>will
>you get what you ultimately want.
>
>If you refuse to compromise with someone, you are essentially proposing
>that you get all of what  you want and that they get nothing. The
>result
>will be a lose-lose, because they will walk away and make a better deal
>with someone else - and you will get nothing, because you won't deal.
>
>Yes, I'm oversimplifying a little - but the point remains and is valid.

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