Re: [Nolug] Elitist and proud of it

From: B. Estrade <estrabd_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 16:18:06 -0500
Message-ID: <AANLkTikJMaR5Aihrhi_kC70P5kkwW9jjvf-gD5HVa5xw@mail.gmail.com>

Look up "Eternal September".

On 10/1/10, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> 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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