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2008-04-10 , 20:35
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Originally Posted by geneven View Post
For example, to have to agree not to try to examine the software that is on my computer -- isn't that like getting a car and having to agree not to open the hood?
It is to agree not to, but again, for most people (including in this case me), I really don't care what is under there. I actually know what is under there, and I am glad that now I earn a bit more I don't have to deal with it any more!

In the same token, while something is working, why does it matter what is under the hood of a computer or a car, as long as it lets you do what you want to do?

Originally Posted by geneven View Post
The reason I didn't move on to Vista was basically because I felt that the progressive commercialization of my computing life had gone far enough.
looks around this vista clad screen. Well.. microsoft gave it to me for free so it seemed rude not to use it!
Actually I am a mac user, I am just (taking a break from) working at the moment!

Originally Posted by geneven View Post
I saw in the paper that some of the girls removed from the ultra-fundamentalist Mormon community didn't know their ages or how to spell their own names. Doesn't that remind you of some computer users?
no, it reminds me of religion. It mostly reminds me of what happens when you give people power over you and trust them with blind faith.

Originally Posted by geneven View Post
I'd rather be in a community where things are more complicated, but freer.
Freer as in not paying for things, or having more choice? I would certainly prefer the latter, although I am not convinced that a pure open source world gives me that.