In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 23:39:34 +0000
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> __/ [ 7 ] on Friday 26 January 2007 23:11 \__
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>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> Open source, closed mind
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | It recently launched the Indonesia Goes Open-Source Nusantara 2006
>>> | package, which provides desktop software based on Linux Fedora Core 5
>>> | and with the ability to operate applications such as Open Office for
>>> | text documents, Firefox for Internet browsing, Thunderbird for email
>>> | and Gaim for chatting.
>>> |
>>> | The ministry's website also lists a range of open-source software
>>> | material, domestic and foreign, from which material can be downloaded
>>> | for free.
>>> |
>>> | Furthermore, the use of open-source software cuts down on piracy,
>>> | which is as prevalent in this country as the use of computers.
>>
>>
>> BWAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAAA!!!
>>
>> Something the BSA is very *afraid* to admit!!
>>
>> BWAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAAAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!
>>
>>
>>> http://www.thejakartapost.com
>> detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20070126.E01&irec=0
>>> http://tinyurl.com/yqjk59
>
> What BSA?
http://www.bsa.org/
(not to be confused with that other BSA, http://www.scouting.org ).
"Promoting a safe and legal digital world". Doesn't that
sound so comfy-cozy? :-P
> It's a bunch of out-of-work bullies. Their days are numbered. They
> will soon become pigeon chasers as all copies of GNU/Linux distributions
> (with tens of gigs in the repositories) pass validation.
Erm...whose validation?
> The attempt to tax everything (even music player and ISPs, for
> 'piracy potential') has gone too far.
One can hope. Not quite Bastille Day, Armistice Day, or
US Independence Day, but not quite The Unknown Soldier's
birthday either.
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