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I'm a lurker, not a poster for the most part. And as you can see from our blog, we don't write that often. We don't really do content marketing. Any revenue we make as a result of …

- (probably) team upvote boost to trigger front page Nope - the HN algo would murder us for this. Don't risk it. - 50% off promotion ending in ~4 hours with the tagline "you'll nev…

IMAP is on the way (I'm using it now) but not quite ready for showtime. If you'd like access to the upcoming beta email dave (at)hiri(dot)com.

We stripped every feature that made our product different and put them in an 'app store'. This was a huge change (a lot of work and a big risk), and not something I've seen others …

Hi all - I'm the author of this article. Happy to answer any questions you might have - Dave

Hi there - I'm the author of the original author. Happy to hear your opinion and discuss!

> They will always tell you if one of their recipe contains a particular ingredient (of which you might be allergic), and whether there are vegan options. I authored the article. P…

Author here. It's not just one thread. And not just Reddit.

>However, I'd rather not have the Linux community "embrace proprietary software with open arms", thank you very much. Why? What possible harm could it do? >Why are you defending yo…

I make an important distinction in the article. The FOSS community is not one 'type' of person. There are plenty in the FOSS community who use proprietary software. I have yet to h…

There's no sudden flash sale. This has been there for about a year now.

I'm founder of the company and I wrote the post. I wrote it because despite a lot of negative comments our experience going to Linux has been a good one. Yet the 'fundamentalists' …

In this case, Linux would get wider adoption if it could attract some large software vendors. Good for everyone.

Perhaps I failed to make my point. I believe the fundamentalist brigade are doing Linux a disservice by scaring off proprietary vendors, who mostly believe they will not be welcome…

> ultimately backed by violent force, to ensure compliance with this belief This is true of all laws. This is how society works. If you don't like it, in a democracy you can campai…

To be absolutely clear, and I've made this point several times in the article - I am not dismissing the open source community. I am dismissing those that reject proprietary softwar…

>have suffered from proprietary software companies not supporting their OS/distros (Adobe, Microsoft, just to pick a few) And here lies the main point - they believe that many user…

Interesting point, but I think it's a fallacy. Taking this line of argument and applying it to the social sphere - you would be arguing that there is a place for nazi's in this wor…

> Now imagine living in a world where food makers sneakily put nuts in their products Sure, this would be morally wrong (and also illegal). But you are basically saying that everyo…

If FOSS is important to you, it should absolutely be a factor in your decision. And of course, people can choose whatever they want. I'm OK with that (although I don't agree with i…

I think I was pretty clear in the article - I absolutely support FOSS. The point of the article was to debunk some of the perceived "evils" of proprietary software. It's not a zero…

I'm certainly not trying to deride open source. For the record, we have plenty of Linux users paying for the product (see previous article), but I simply don't understand why some …

Key point is this: If more Linux people embraced proprietary software it would help spread Linux. Simple as that really. As a proprietary app, we have encountered quite a bit of re…

The question is, will you choose FOSS even if it is a poorer choice?

I'm the author of this particular blog post. Curious to see how this is received by the tech community.