skydweller <homeguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> [H]omer wrote:
>
>> Verily I say unto thee, that skydweller spake thusly:
>>> [H]omer wrote:
>>>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>>
>>>>> Nigerian education selects Intel-powered Classmate PC with
>>>>> Mandriva Linux
>>>>
>>>> It's great that they're getting Linux, however this should have
>>>> gone to the OLPC project, rather than serving Intel's greedy
>>>> profiteering.
>>>
>>> It *is* great they're getting linux. I don't care if Intel makes a
>>> profit;
>>
>> Do you care that they sabotaged a charity to make that profit?
>
> Oh my goodness, Intel management are not without sin. There's a newsflash.
> Neither is AMD. Nor Sun. Nor IBM. Nor Apple. Nor you, nor I, or anyone
> else for that matter.
>
Profit and profiteering are different. Those who break the rules should
be called on it, and appropriate action taken, no matter who they are.
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