Aptitude installed by default on 13.10?

[Brett Cornwall]

> It is consistent to the dumbing down of our society, which
> is not necessarily a bad thing. All modern cars are built for
> "idiots" to use. If these same "idiots" think they know how
> to use a computer (as they think that they are really drivers)
> then there is some overall benefit.
>
> The prices of computers and the internet are as low as they
> are because so many otherwise incapacitated users buy them.
> If Bill Gates hadn't been a complete idiot about software, the
> machines we get for $300 today may have never come into
> existence...
>
>
> Personally, I look forward to the day of the return of the 24x80
> CRT... but know I am in the minority.. for me the GUI is only
> something that gets in the way of me being productive.
>

I was not arguing any of these cases - I was simply trying to argue for 
replacing one tool for a better one.

I'm so sorry that I bother to even try - only one person has approached 
this with any sort of helpfulness with a nice link to an ongoing 
discussion of the sort - the rest have been assholes.