The primary purpose of Free and Open Source Software is Freedom.
To you perhaps. But, not necessarily to every user or developer of open source software.
Utility, performance, world domination etc. are beneficial spinoffs. If the user does not value his most important asset (or his most important asset is not his freedom) than that is his problem.
I disagree. I, like many others, have on several occasions chosen open source solutions because of its technical superiority over other software. These decisions had nothing to do with the software's license. So, utility and performance are hardly "spinoffs" and have real implications on whether people use open source. Trying to define what the "most important asset" for users of FOSS should be is, at best, meaningless.
While I understand the importance of looking up documentation, I also find the "go do your homework" attitude to be more than a little patronizing.
Oh really. Presuming that the list members are sitting on their butts to answer the same question a hundred times is very "thoughtful".
You missed the point of my comment. I don't presume that list members have to answer the same question a hundred times.
-Anshu