[plug] Linux ideology

[Michael Hunt]

On Mon, 2003-05-26 at 13:48, Craig Ringer wrote:

> Yes, you /do/ need to spend $600 for a word processor to write letters 
> to gran. We promise. That's just what computers are like. Oh, and your 
> program, "Email", is for email - don't worry about those people who talk 
> about other email programs, you don't need them. Oh, and antivirus 
> software is for sissies, that's why we don't provide you with any. If we 
> don't supply it, you don't need it - right? Also, instant messenging is 
> the new thing these days - so you have an instant messenging program on 
> your computer - for free!! - that'll let you talk to everybody else 
> worth talking to. We helped you out by signing you up for an account 
> when you first got your computer - wasn't that nice.

Add to that EULA concerns of we can change your computer anytime we
want.

Michael Hunt