Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750706AbVLKPPd (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Dec 2005 10:15:33 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750713AbVLKPPd (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Dec 2005 10:15:33 -0500 Received: from natblindhugh.rzone.de ([81.169.145.175]:48524 "EHLO natblindhugh.rzone.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750706AbVLKPPc (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Dec 2005 10:15:32 -0500 Subject: Re: GNU/Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario From: Erwin Rol To: "Jeff V. Merkey" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <439B3E36.7090302@wolfmountaingroup.com> References: <21d7e9970512051610n1244467am12adc8373c1a4473@mail.gmail.com> <20051206040820.GB26602@kroah.com> <2cd57c900512052358m5b631204i@mail.gmail.com> <200512061856.42493.luke-jr@utopios.org> <2cd57c900512061742s28f57b5eu@mail.gmail.com> <20051210051628.E9E08CF4156@tsurukikun.utopios.org> <439A7E8E.8010707@wolfmountaingroup.com> <20051210164320.GB15986@aitel.hist.no> <20051210190537.GI13985@lug-owl.de> <439B2215.6090408@wolfmountaingroup.com> <20051210191501.GJ13985@lug-owl.de> <439B3E36.7090302@wolfmountaingroup.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 16:15:28 +0100 Message-Id: <1134314129.9000.31.camel@xpc.home.erwinrol.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.5.2 (2.5.2-1) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 873 Lines: 23 On Sat, 2005-12-10 at 13:44 -0700, Jeff V. Merkey wrote: > I'm married to a German citizen and I visit Germany for 3-4 week stints > once a year. Last year I went to Aachen and Amsterdam on vacation. > Every computer store I visited sold pirated copies of Windows XP and > Microsoft Office and in Amsterdam people were selling copies on the > street corners in the Artis District. Did you find those people selling pirated windows copies on the street before or after you visited a coffeeshop ? > Jeff - Erwin (who is Dutch and finds this story highly unlikely, unless there is another Amsterdam in Asia somewhere). - 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/