* Roy Schestowitz fired off this tart reply:
> "OS wars" is probably the wrong term to use. The OSes are tools. There is a
> broader picture. There is a network and a system that is controlled by and
> exists to serve the users. There are also networks on system that are there to
> give Big Vendors control of people. As time goes by, the latter gets worse and
> worse (censorship, remote death switches, tiered Web, pricey software,
> spyware, forced upgrades, etc.).
I believe you have it pegged here, Roy.
> GNU/Linux, among other Free O/Ses, are tools
> for you to ensure you can stay human, not some chicken in a coop.
That's why they call if "software libre".
> Preferring
> one O/S over another in this case is not like being a fan of one football team
> and not another. That would be Mac vs PC 'wars' (both companies are quite
> vicious). Software can become a commodity, or at least the basic parts of it
> can. We should take this for granted and ask questions like "we don't pay for
> water, light, and air, so why pay for an operating platform and then be
> knocked offline because some WGA server failed?"
Right now, especially for consumers, "All your computer are belong to
us."
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Tux rox!
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