Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 1 Jul 2001 15:03:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 1 Jul 2001 15:03:04 -0400 Received: from gc-nas-02-s3.cinergycom.net ([216.135.20.67]:36995 "EHLO kmw.yi.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 1 Jul 2001 15:02:55 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII From: Kurt Maxwell Weber Reply-To: kmw@rowsw.com Organization: ROW Software and Web Design To: J Sloan Subject: Re: Uncle Sam Wants YOU! Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2001 14:03:09 -0500 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] In-Reply-To: <200107011602.MAA01357@smarty.smart.net> <01070111065200.00624@zaphodbeeblebrox> <3B3F707C.9BF8BCF7@mirai.cx> In-Reply-To: <3B3F707C.9BF8BCF7@mirai.cx> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01070114030902.14899@zaphodbeeblebrox> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sunday 01 July 2001 13:48, you wrote: > Kurt Maxwell Weber wrote: > > I'm going to take a break from lurking to point out that I am not > > dissatisfied with Windows. It has its uses, as do Linux (and NetBSD, and > > Solaris, and the other operating systems I have installed at home). > > Frankly, I don't have a problem with Microsoft. If I don't like their > > product, I'm free to choose not to use it. > > You do understand, don't you, that microsoft is > working frantically to take that choice away from > you? it's easy to sit back and say it doesn't affect > you, til one day you realize that you can't connect > to your ISP unless you are running windows xp. > > Then it hits you, and it's too late. In that case, I have the following options: 1) Start my own ISP 2) Use Windows XP 3) Not use Windows XP and not be able to use my current ISP 4) Go to a different ISP I'll just have to decide which I value more. As long as I won't be killed for using a different OS, I still have a choice. -- Regards, Kurt Weber kmw@rowsw.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/