Re: New animated video: Fight to Repair (alternative storylines)

[Adam Van Ymeren]

On 2021-01-19 9:15 p.m., Paul D. Fernhout wrote:
> * Hospital suffers a malware incursion or ransomware extortion due to
> their unpatched proprietary software, and all their vital equipment
> shuts down. Panic ensues.

I'm not sure I like this angle.  It frames the discussion to be about 
the "quality" of the software, as opposed to the freedom. We don't want 
to pit free software against proprietary software on the grounds of 
quality/stability/security).  It's theoretically possible for a 
proprietary software vendor to make a piece of software that is more 
secure and more stable than a given piece of free software.  But a 
proprietary vendor can never, by definition, produce a piece of software 
that is as _free_ as a free software. Respecting user freedom is what 
sets free software apart, and I think the goal of promotional material 
should be to try to convince people why they should add "freedom" to 
what they value from software, as opposed market to them on the grounds 
of "free software is better."

I think this essay is relevant: 
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/when-free-software-isnt-practically-superior.html