On Tue, 2009-03-17 at 09:26 -0400, Paul W. Frields wrote: > On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 04:19:30PM +0800, Basil Mohamed Gohar wrote: > > - Fedora - > > - the easiest operating system to uninstall - > > Haha! Well, maybe that's not the *best* way to encourage people to > use our OS, but we certainly try not to make it difficult, right? ;-) I think it goes rather far (not the slogan, but the idea of helping people uninstall) to make the point that we love freedom above else when it comes to software (and hopefully other things as well). So, Fedora, and most other GNU/Linux distributions, don't artificially put roadblocks in the way of ones use of their own computer, or even the operating system itself. There are even other proprietary companies that fully respect if you want to stop using their product, and they allow for that. It's monolithic, proprietary, and above all else, arrogant companies (not just one) that want to control what a consumer does with their product, the terms, conditions, and so on, that we oppose. It's all the more amazing that when you pay for a product, it usually comes with more restrictions on its use than when you use one that is free-of-cost and also free as in freedom. I...don't know where all that came from. Somehow, someone pushed a button and I couldn't turn it off until now. Don't worry Paul, it wasn't you! The button was pushed after I discovered that I didn't have to just accept the options presented to me as I grew up. ________________________________________________________________________ Basil Mohamed Gohar abu_hurayrah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.basilgohar.com
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