Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux

[-michael-]

On Tuesday 05 December 2000 11:32, you proffered:
> I think this is just a level of abstraction.  You can know where pluggins
> go if your interested.  Just like you can find out where the rpm stuff gets
> installed if you care to find out.  As far as I'm concerned, in the example
> of the rpms, I just know it installed, and often times don't really care at
> the moment where it got installed I just want to use the thing I
> downloaded.

> Mark Johnson wrote:
> > what would be an example of a bad habit?
How 'bout encouraging exploitative monopolization of hardware r&d by 
buying/using things that are manufactured under Gatesian edicts? Sounds like 
a bad habit to me! I think I'll stick to smokin crack n downloading porn...
Huh? 
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-michael-
RLU# 175480