Re: GNOME/Freedesktop/redhat incompetent or malicious influence

On 15/10/2024 18:17, Richard Kettlewell wrote:

The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> writes:

As we have done with North Korea.  Its a pimple we need not burst,
because ultimately its an entirely self contained shithole that
doesn't impact anywhere else and it serves as an example of what
happens when you let leaders become  divine beings and give them
godlike powers.

 North Korea does impact the rest of the world - it’s behind a lot of
hacking campaigns, which we pay for in various ways (ransoms, theft,
post-attack cleanup, etc).

Indeed. Id forgotten that. I get more issues from China, India and Russia...
  It’s how they stay afloat. However, as you

say, letting that continue is much cheaper than military intervention.
 In contrast sending old NATO kit to Ukraine is practically free l-)
 

It is, but the aim of the pro Russian trolls is to generate emotion, not reason.
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