OT: The semantics of the terms PC/Mac

[Cybe R. Wizard]

On Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:29:06 +0200
Odd <iodine at runbox.no> wrote:

> Some of us don't have the luxury of being idealists. Some of
> use need to use Windows to put food on the table. So please
> get off your high horse and try to understand that things work
> differently in the real world. It's not as easy as you imagine.

I fail to understand the high-horseyness of refusing to be a part of
criminality, whatever the source.  Would you work for the <insert your
own term for organized crime here> just to put food on your table if
there were other places to work (and there are)?  Same-same with
Microsoft, ISTM.
Yes, this /is/ the real world and I /am/, hopefully, a reasonable
influence on my own children.  I wouldn't want them to see me catering
to criminality in /any/ fashion.  Don't you feel that way about your
own influence on your children's lives?  I only assume that you have
children, of course.

Really, is it so wrong to call this as I see it when the facts bear me
out?
http://www.v3.co.uk/vnunet/news/2118681/microsoft-convicted-software-piracy
http://www.counterpunch.org/adler10012007.html
http://www.twoengineers.com/Richard/ms-conclusions.html
http://boycottnovell.com/2009/04/10/microsoft-office-crimes/


Cybe R. Wizard
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