Re: The 'perfection' of Linux Mint 13, Part 7

Date	2012-06-17 14:19 -0600
From	GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject	Re: The 'perfection' of Linux Mint 13, Part 7
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On 6/17/2012 1:16 PM, Mark S Bilk wrote:
> Microsoft Corporation, posting under the false identities "DFS"
> and "GreyCloud", postulates a user who is so confused that
> he tells the OS to move a file to the same place it's already in.
>

You mean it is a feature??  :D

> Microsoft calls Linux "crapware", "slop", and "hobbyware"
> because Linux gives an error message that might help the
> user understand what he is telling the system to do.

Which it doesn't.

>
> Microsoft doesn't want users to understand things, because
> then they might stop buying its expensive and restrictive
> software and switch to excellent Linux and freedom instead.
>
> Microsoft profits from customer ignorance.  It does not want
> users to understand their computers.

Yet more tin-foil hat thinking.  :D

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The 'perfection' of Linux Mint 13, Part 7 DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2012-06-17 12:27 -0400
  Re: The 'perfection' of Linux Mint 13, Part 7 GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2012-06-17 11:26 -0600
    Re: The 'perfection' of Linux Mint 13, Part 7 Mark S Bilk <mark@cosmicpenguin.com> - 2012-06-17 19:16 +0000
      Re: The 'perfection' of Linux Mint 13, Part 7 GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2012-06-17 14:19 -0600
      Re: The 'perfection' of Linux Mint 13, Part 7 DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2012-06-18 00:11 -0400
    Re: The 'perfection' of Linux Mint 13, Part 7 Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xzoozy.com> - 2012-06-17 19:03 -0400
      Re: The 'perfection' of Linux Mint 13, Part 7 GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2012-06-17 19:21 -0600
      Re: The 'perfection' of Linux Mint 13, Part 7 DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2012-06-18 00:22 -0400

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