"The FSF today launched a campaign with a twofold mission of exposing the harms inflicted on computer users by the new Microsoft Windows Vista and promoting free software alternatives that respect users' security and privacy rights. "Vista is an upsell masquerading as an upgrade. It is an overall regression when you look at the most important aspect of owning and using a computer: your control over what it does. Obviously MS Windows is already proprietary and very restrictive, and well worth rejecting. But the new 'features' in Vista are a Trojan Horse to smuggle in even more restrictions. We'll be focusing attention on detailing how they work, how to resist them, and why people should care", said FSF program administrator John Sullivan."
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Member since:2006-01-06
Oh, yeah, Jews are some of the worst Holocaust-deniers.
Don't get anti-Semitic on us.
If you can't get it into your head that ibm's nazi dealings are 50 YEARS AGO, it's not my job to try and make you.
The point still stands. The behavior you complained about regarding Microsoft happened over 10 YEARS AGO. What is the magic amount of time that has to pass before you let it go?
Member since:2006-04-21
Oh, yeah, Jews are some of the worst Holocaust-deniers.
Don't get anti-Semitic on us.
You apparently don't grok sarcasm.
If you can't get it into your head that ibm's nazi dealings are 50 YEARS AGO, it's not my job to try and make you.
The point still stands. The behavior you complained about regarding Microsoft happened over 10 YEARS AGO. What is the magic amount of time that has to pass before you let it go?
The point does not stand. The examples I quoted may have been over 10 years old, but the behaviour I am complaining about is STILL HAPPENING. What are the magic words I have to say before you get this into your head?
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2006-04-21
You weren't complaining about that. You were complaining about their "huge record of bad business practice". IBM clearly has a bad record in collaborating with Nazis -- and yet you give them a pass. Your hypocrisy is in plain view right now. You're willing to give IBM a pass, even though their hardware was used to catalog Jews for extermination in Nazi death camps. Nice perspective you have there. It highlights how out of touch with reality you F/OSS dweebs are.
Oh, yeah, Jews are some of the worst Holocaust-deniers.
If you can't get it into your head that ibm's nazi dealings are 50 YEARS AGO, it's not my job to try and make you.