Verily I say unto thee, that Stone Mirror (a.k.a. David "Lefty"
Schlesinger) spake thusly:
> Jo Shields even made a "Chicken Little" remix of Ubuntu for those who
> fear the sky's falling
Nice gesture: Give users what they want ... by insulting them.
Something tells me "Jo" has lost the spirit of Free Software. I half
expect to have to click on an "agree" box for a "Chicken Little EULA".
> But to _demand_ that Mono be removed from distros like Ubuntu, rather
> than, say, running for a seat on the Ubuntu Technical Board
Would having a seat on the Ubuntu Technical Board somehow give me the
unilateral power to remove Mono?
Indeed, are there /any/ particular circumstance which might give me that
power?
Moreover, have I even asked for that privilege, or made any attempt to
physically prevent people from using Mono?
Advocacy is not force, Lefty.
I'm within my rights to try to /persuade/ people to agree with me, if I
want to, and I'm sure I don't need to join the "Ubuntu Technical Board"
just for that.
OTOH, your intimation that merely /dissenting/ against the /default/
inclusion of Mono is representative of some kind of coercive tactic to
universally ban its use, might be construed as /another/ type of "force"
- an attempt to marginalise me as some kind of dictator, when I clearly
have no such powers.
> And Homer: I really miss the Good Old Days on USENET, when a 14-line
> signature would have earned universal scorn and derision. Deservedly
> so, I might add.
I don't deliberately exceed the recommended 4-line limit just for the
sake of breaching Netiquette. When I find a quote that particularly
impresses me, or at least makes a good point, I use it in my signature
until I get bored with it. Sometimes it's a one-liner, sometimes not.
Beyond that, I don't really think much about it.
Is it just the size of the sig that makes you uncomfortable, or perhaps
something about its contents?
As for the uptime, that's just there as a constant reminder to the
anti-Linux trolls, as to one of the many reasons I prefer GNU/Linux to
Windows. Take comfort from the fact that it makes /them/ even more
uncomfortable than you.
--
K.
http://slated.org
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| the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf
| denounces him for the same act, as the destroyer of liberty.
| Plainly the sheep and the wolf are not agreed upon a definition of
| the word liberty; and precisely the same difference prevails today
| among human creatures." ~ Abraham Lincoln
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