Z:gnu-www-ja-free-world-notes--15fd9a-One issue that needs to be rec/en

One issue that needs to be recognized and understood is the notion that free software, openly published in source form and freely inspected by anyone who has an interest or desire to do so, is worthy of far greater trust than closed, proprietary, secretive software. I for one found the installation of Microsoft's Internet Explorer to be a very scary experience: the computer running totally out of my control, recongifuring itself, plugging into Microsoft's own web sites, setting up preferences and defaults according to Microsoft's business machinations.