[email protected] wrote: > On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 12:16:57AM -0500, Yanik Doucet wrote: > >> another interesting point of view >> >> http://speirs.org/blog/2010/1/29/future-shock.html >> > > Just to be clear. I don't object to a nice user interface. I don't > object to having the machine just work. I don't object to being able to > use the machine as an ordinary user. I don't object to not needing to > be an OS expert to be able to use a machine. I don't object to a > comfortable ebook-reading experience. > > What I object to is DRM. I object to being tied to one supplier of all > software and media. I object to having software be forbidden if there's > a remote chance that it might be possible to program with it in some > way. I object to having books disappear from my shelf in the middle of > the night because the bookstore I bought them from has changed its mind. > I object to having to buy my books all over again because the machine I > read them on is obsolete and no longer repairable.
You know what is funny to me with this idea of a gatekeeper and locked down apps? Ever seen how repos are run for distros? Of all the people out there, linux users should be most used to this idea, the debian maintainers have been "keeping us safe" for a long time now :) I know it is not the same with DRM and all, just an interesting parallel. Jeremy _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
