nmspillers@ualr.edu writes:

[excerpt from a GNU vs. Apple thread deleted]

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>The point is, there are a lot of folks out there with Macs.  They are not
>encouraging facist computing, nor are they a member of Apple's "Evil Empire"
>and wander around with a Borg-like mentality--"My user interface will 
>assimilate you, resistance is futile".  They merely bought a nifty, well 
>built machine that fills their needs, why punish them?  Shoot, most of 'em
>don't even *know* about the FSF or GNU or any boycotts!

If they don't know about FSF or GNU it is because they *have* been
'assimilated' by the Macintrash empire.  If they were dumb enough to
buy an over-priced-one-mouse-button-tiny-black-and-white-screen-
bloated-awful-looking-os-without-a-cli-and-built-by-fascists computer
in the first place, there's really no reason for them to want or need
UNIX.  After all, purchasing a Macintrash is acceptance of its point
and drool interface, AND a token of acceptance for Apple's business
practices-- both of which go against the free software/UNIX tradition.

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>I want to learn, I want to do something worthwhile and give a little back to
>the computing community that has helped me so much, and I think this is a good
>way of achieving these aims. . .

Not at all.  The best way would be to chuck that Mac out the window
and buy a real computer.

Stratocaster
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           Steve Davis (I'm a student, not a spokesperson!)
      strat@cis.ksu.edu - Kansas State University - Manhattan KS
                
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