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| DATE | 2010-11-09 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Let's check out the video tape
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On Tue, Nov 09, 2010 at 08:40:49AM +0100, Paul Charles Leddy wrote:
> Dont kids realize how important the concept of free software is? jeez.
> kids just wanna have fun, tsk.
>
Oh - my kids are just soooo suffering. Its actually a benifit that they
can't use comercial slash and burn video games.
Ruben
> On Tuesday, November 9, 2010, Ron Guerin wrote:
> > Ruben Safir wrote:
> >> On Mon, Nov 08, 2010 at 10:48:34PM -0500, Ron Guerin wrote:
> >>
> >>> Ruben Safir wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> This movie was done a while ago and I wasn't allowed to publish it
> >>>> because the copyright was owned by someone else. ?But since that company
> >>>> might now be dead or whatever, I think I'd like to share this with
> >>>> everyone. ?Your should see this
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> http://www.mrbrklyn.com/mp3.1/Safir3.mov
> >>>>
> >>>> Must see video
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> Psh. ?Reality TV is supposed to have conflict. ?Where's the part where
> >>> your kids accuse you of being a megalomaniac offscreen while trendy
> >>> music plays in the background?
> >>>
> >>> - Ron
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >> You have to admit that is a unique and important proof of concept with
> >> Linux and real kids growing up.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Well I personally never doubted it. ?Over 10 years or so now, I've seen
> > a lot of kids that use Linux and Open Source (Firefox) on Windows. One
> > long-term issue is that there isn't enough exposure. ?And the other big
> > thing is the perennial plauge of desktop Linux is the media related
> > stuff. ?For example, still no legal way to play an encrypted DVD. ?And
> > from what I hear, DRM is alive and well and coming soon to much of the
> > content the average user wants to consume. ?Don't have Netflix on your
> > GNU/Linux desktop? ?Neither does anyone else. ?Most of the games kids
> > want to play still don't run on Linux.
> >
> > - Ron
> >
> >
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