Sunday Times Article.

[Tsapralis Platon Panos @ HOL]

    Agaphtoi filoi,

    eilikrina symmerizomai tis apopseis poy ekfrazontai sthn lista peri
mh apanthsews sto sxetiko arthro. Plhn omws, diatypwnw orismenes
epifylakseis sxetika me thn taktikh ayth. Kat'arxhn, den pisteyw oti o
sygkekrimenos arthrografos einai apla xazos kai hlithios grafontas ayta
poy diabasame, den eimai dhl. sigoyros oti se mia diethnoys fhmhs kai
kykloforias efhmerida arthrogafei atomo poy den exei oloklhrwmenh kai
bathia gnwsh toy xwroy mas.
    Synepws, apodidw thn kakopistia toy se proswpikh idioteleia : o
anthrwpos poly apla eksyphretei syneidhta me thn arthrogafia toy poly
sygkekrimena symferonta toy xwroy ths plhroforikhs biomhxanias ( blepe
MicroSoft, SCO, Novell kai alloys ), poy den mporoyn na anexthoyn oti
yparxei ena diarkws ayksanomeno reyma sobarwn kai aksiologwn episthmonwn
kai xrhstwn poy mporoyn kallista shmera na kanoyn para poly kala thn
doyleia toys xwris na exoyn anagkh ( parakamptontas ) tis aparadektes
politikes toys sto marketing & to pricing ( kai argotera einai poly
pithano - to pisteyw eilikrina - tha yparxoyn oloklhres polymeleis
kathgories apo xrhstes efarmogwn poy tha mporoyn aneta na kanoyn thn
doyleia toys xrhsimopoiwntas "absolutely free software" ).
    H aplh kai mono antilhpsi toy free software, otan malista ayto einai
toso epityxhmeno, opws sthn periptwsh toy Linux, apotelei eydiakrito
kindyno gia polloys. Labete ypopsin sas thn periptwsh ths SCO, poy ton
teleytaio kairo exei proxwrhsei se dwrean diathesh toy SCO Open Server (
single licence ) gia mh kerdoskopikh xrhsh se foithtes, gia proswpikh h
ekpaideytikh xrhsh k.lp. ( kai pali bebaia h prospatheia toys
ypoleipetai kata poly apo ayta poy prosferei to Linux : phgaioi kwdikes,
unlimited users licence, freely re-distributable k.lp. ).
    Akomh diabaste sto Linux Journal tis periptwseis opoy to Linux
efarmosthike apo sobaroys epaggelmaties ths plhroforikhs san
enallaktikh, oikonomikh, lysh sthn thesh allwn akribwn leitoyrgikwn
systhmatwn, gia na lythoyn sobara problhmata, me apolyth panta epityxia.

    Parallhla, o en logw kyrios apokalyptei kai ton idiaitera kako kai
epikindyno xarakthra toy, mia proswpikothta gemath symplegmata
katwterothtas, mian abyssalea psyxh, gemath kakohtheia kai prwtogono
fobo apenanti sthn sygxronh texnologia ( idiaitera asymbibasto pros thn
thesh toy kai to leitoyrghma toy ), poy xrhsimopoiei thn "eksoysia" poy
exei apokthsei pros thn lathos kateythynsh ( alla ayto bebaia einai ena
sxolio proswpikhs fysews poy den mas afora san xrhstes kai epaggelmaties
ths Plhroforikhs !!! ).
    Ara pisteyw oti einai kathikon mas na yperaspisoyme thn idea toy
free software poy yphretoyme me toso pathos, opwsdhpote bebaia me ton
kosmiotero kai eygenikotero tropo. Einai aparaithto na kanoyme
parembaseis pros thn swsth kateythynsh - emeis oi idioi eksalloy den
eimaste poy ekfrazoyme kata kairoys thn dysareskeia mas gia tis straties
ekeines apo "Cobolistes" poy yparxoyn ekei eksw ston xwro mas kai
anakoptoyn se megalo bathmo ( athela toys, bebaia ) tis ekselikseis ;
Sas ypenthymizw toys potamoys "hlektronikhs" melanhs poy exoyn
spatalhtuei apo anthrwpoys ths doyleias mas enantion ths monopwliakhs
politikhs poy exei akoloythithei sto parelthon apo etairies opws h IBM,
h DEC kai poy exoyn dhmioyrghsei poly asxhmes katastaseis se baros twn
pelatwn toys kai twn xrhstwn twn proiontwn toys. Epi pleon tha prepei na
ginei antilhpto oti den epitrepetai h aksiopistia kai h diethnhs fhmh
mias efhmeridas, poy me toso kopo kai meta apo polyxrones prospatheies
exei apokthuei, na thysiazetai, me elafria kardia, gia na
eksyphreththoyn idiotelh kai, to kyriotero, adika symferonta. Akomh
prepei epi teloys na ekleipsei aytos o idiotypos ratsismos poy
kalliergeitai poikilotropa kai se kathe eykairia, se baros anthrwpwn toy
xwroy mas poy einai poly sobaroi sthn doyleia poy kanoyn, thn agapoyn
poly parapanw apo ton meso oro, exoyn katabalei poly megales
prospatheies gia na thn spoydasoyn kai na thn mathoyn kala kai poy sto
katw - katw ths grafhs yphretoyn mia episthmh poy kata genikh omologia
apotelei to elpidoforo mellon ths ekselikshs.
    H protash moy einai oti prepei na stalei mia aksioprephs kai
epixeirhmatologikh apanthsh pros thn efhmerida kai ton arthrografo, kata
protimhsh malista ek meroys olwn twn xrhstwn ths listas ( pragma poy tha
prosdwsei kai idiaitera aykshmeno kyros sthn apanthsh ayth ) kai
malista, an h protash moy ayth ginei eynoika dekth apo oloys sas, eimai
prothymos na syntaksw, mesa stis epomenes liges hmeres kai na thesw se
dhmosia syzhthsh ena prwto "draft" keimeno ths apanthshs mas.

    P.S. : Zhtw syggnwmh gia to makroskeles, alla pisteyw oti merika
themata apaitoyn idiaiterh eyaisthisia...
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| Tsapralis Platon Panos,............................. |
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