Re: Ubuntu

DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> wrote:

Stallman got so mad at a printer that he devoted the rest of his life to
demanding everyone's code.

 
What printer?  Is this a real story, or just an expression of
Stallman's philosophy with a euphemism?

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https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/201cthe-printer-story201d-redux-a-testimonial-about-the-injustice-of-proprietary-firmware

Would you suggest we'd be better off relying on M$ et al, then? 'Cause
it'd be a tough sell, to me, when I see how they fucked over millions
of Win10 users, in their Win11 beta test, culminating in 20H2 and
later builds.  In 2019, Win10 turned into bug-infested beta crud,
publicly forced on victims, and then in 2020-2021 it was simply a
preview of Win11, bloated to a point it ran like ass on older systems.

This is the bullshit you praise.  And they're doing just as much evil
with Win11, which is what prompted me to stop using it.  You are more
than welcome to the product key I gave you, for any useful purpose you
find for it, if you haven't yet.  I don't want it back.  I will not
disgrace my precious computer with M$, again.

--
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent.  States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.