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| DATE | 2006-05-23 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [Balug-talk] [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Its a sorry day for The Linux Journal
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On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 10:46:01AM -0700, Rick Moen wrote:
> Quoting Bill Ward (bill-at-wards.net):
>
> > But for someone who knows what they're doing, a modern Linux desktop
> > doesn't suck at all.
>
> Indeed, and on balance, I think it's really rather winningly nostalgic
> for proprietary-OS advocates like Michael to come visit to proslytise,
> since I haven't seen that in years -- not to mention the assumption that
> we'd be impressed by the proprietary Unix du jour, as if we'd never seen
> one of those before over the last quarter century.
>
> But, seriously, I can remember the first day when running an all
> free-software desktop no longer felt like roughing it: It was June 28,
> 2001, release day for Mozilla 0.9.2 -- the first release that was
> clearly better than Netscape Navigator, the last piece of proprietary
> code most people needed. Independence Day.
>
> I'm glad Michael enjoys his sub-pixel-rendered vendor gulag. Thanks,
> but the Church of Steve can apply elsewhere: I got tired of being
> jerked around by proprietary software people a very long time ago, and
> wouldn't dream of going back.
>
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