Re: The future of mobile computing.

[Richard Stallman]

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  > Theoretically, people should use free software to maximize control over 
  > their computing even if only consuming

There is no such thing as "consuming software", because using software
does not consume it.

                                           the software, and if they can 
  > change the software on the phone, then perhaps there is a way to develop 
  > it on a larger computer and then update it on the mobile device.

I think that is the right point.  A mobile device isn't good for
developing software, so the people who want to develop that software
generally do it on some other kind of machine -- but that is no
fundamental difference.

Free software gives users control collectively, as well as
individually.  This benefits all users, even those who do not change
programs personally.  See
http://gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html.
That point applies to mobile devices as well as to laptops and
desktops.

-- 
Dr Richard Stallman
President, Free Software Foundation
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