I wouldn't draw the same parallel. Repo's make common software acquisition
EASY... bu t all of these distro's give you the complete toolset to install
whatever you want from wherever you want. That's what compiling is for :)
Andrew
> Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:49:01 -0500
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [MLUG] OT Re: i-pad, i-phone, i this that and the other i-thing.
>
> [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 read them on is obsolete and no longer repairable.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
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