On Sun, 19 Jan 2003, Rick Moen wrote:

> Quoting Ian C. Sison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
> > As usual, taboo topics would be anything related to commercial software.
>                                                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> Does this term mean non-redistributable proprietary software?  Or would
> one's buying a Debian CD-ROM be a taboo topic, since that makes it the
> object of commerce, and thus commercial?


Actually, it's a polite way of saying, "Don't discuss anything that's
related to anything coming from Microsoft."  \8)


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