I said bashing a "tool" in public email is annoying and not the right time to do that. I can go on about how Ubuntu is a locked down shitty OS, but I choose not to. I care about free software, I just have manners and know THE TIME AND PLACE. Rebellion against the system isn't needed in America where you are granted free speech. Also, Russia is no longer communist, nor are they America's "Friend"<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 6:30 PM, Louis Miller <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:veganguy1@gmail.com">veganguy1@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Daryl,<br><br>Can I call you Daryl, or will that be too informal? I won't be coming to any events, because I live in North Dakota. I used to live in the Denver area. Are you really being sincere about wanting to meet me? I doubt it. I thought that the LUG had a spirit of rebellion to it. So, both Torren's comments and Raymond's, and now yours, all seeming to tell me to shut up, struck me as strange. Unless, you guys aren't about rebellion and don't really care about Free Software or Linux. It is just a way to make money, and as such, you don't really care about the political philosophy behind it. That is what I'm getting at.<br>
<br>I didn't use the word communist. I don't follow either of your logic. The cold war is over, even if I did use that word, then I don't think there would be problems. I thought Russia was our friend, now.<br>
<br>You want to meet me so you can laugh at me and put me in my place, because I have real feelings. I like Linux, and I thought that was what being in this group was about. With all this political correct nonsense talk, then how do other people, if they are out there, express their real opinions?<br>
<br>The point I was trying to make is that I thought the attempts to shut me up were meant to cover up the fact that the average person in this group doesn't really care about free software, but just cares about money, and so that is why people are responding in the way they are. Does that make any sense? For people like Richard Stallman, who forwarded the idea of the free software movement, which got distorted to "open source", it got marketed to a new type of customer, one who didn't really have strong opinions about the corporate domination, and so I wrote about criticizing Microsoft Corporation, because unless we really take a look at what is going on, then we aren't really doing much to fight against this. We are simply using a product that we like, without recognizing it's true beauty and value, what makes it so special. Why we should appreciate it.<br>
<br>Maybe, that makes a little more sense.<br><font color="#888888"><br>Louis<br><br><br> <br>
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