[Nolug] Elitist and proud of it

On 10/01/2010 12:03 PM, Jeremy (mailing list account) wrote:
> On 10/1/2010 11:50 AM, Michael Jeter wrote:
>> Is it such a bad thin that non - programmers are using a Linux product?
>> It almost sounds like you do not want a user - friendly, consumer
>> friendly version of Linux.
>> I am not a programmer. I still depend on professionals like you to do
>> many things on my computer.
>> I do like the idea of software that, if not free, can be made more
>> affordable and more functional for millions of non - programming users.
>>
>
> Over the years I've met some people who were quick to bemoan the lack of
> adoption of Linux on the desktop but at the same time, they would give
> you the feeling that they really didn't want widespread adoption of
> Linux on the desktop to happen. Sort of like, if everyone is using it,
> suddenly the mystique and coolness of Linux is lessened.
>

I'll take that a step further and say that I bemoan the fact that
way too many grossly-ignorant people are connected to the Internet.

I'd say that I think that people should need a license to connect to
the Internet, but am more than dubious that the
idiots-which-are-the-vast-majority-of-the civil service (greatly
influenced by powerful corporations and orgs like RIAA/MPAA) could
ever create an adequate test for such a license...

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