X-Received: by 10.99.1.78 with SMTP id 75mr1031617pgb.151.1488916233015; Tue, 07 Mar 2017 11:50:33 -0800 (PST) Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!news.glorb.com!u69no753124ita.0!news-out.google.com!78ni6610itm.0!nntp.google.com!peer02.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!post02.iad.highwinds-media.com!fx17.iad.POSTED!not-for-mail From: chrisv Newsgroups: alt.privacy.anon-server,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.system,alt.comp.os.windows-10 Subject: Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Message-ID: <543ubcl1infvmja1ovafltctpeg186a90d@4ax.com> References: <54WdnYvDl53EAyDFnZ2dnUU7-YnNnZ2d@giganews.com> <9v7rbc1d5pqafuct90889pjp50nickh6jo@4ax.com> <14uvA.82336$vF2.23406@fx46.am4> <5uhtbc1ahs263r5223446ibu82qeaoi0ji@4ax.com> <070320171341462375%nospam@nospam.invalid> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.91/32.564 MIME-Version: 1.0 Lines: 22 X-Complaints-To: abuse@fastusenet.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2017 19:50:32 UTC Organization: fastusenet - www.fastusenet.org Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2017 13:50:32 -0600 X-Received-Bytes: 1991 X-Received-Body-CRC: 3980969628 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Xref: csiph.com alt.privacy.anon-server:57513 comp.os.linux.advocacy:399872 comp.sys.mac.system:101960 alt.comp.os.windows-10:36216 nospam wrote: > chrisv wrote: >> >> Some people like to be part of a herd, some people prefer freedom. >> >> Desktop Linux is for those who prefer freedom. > > freedom of having the least amount of software from which to choose. There is no question that the apps advantage of Windows (and, to a lesser extent, Mac) is important, in many situations. But not 98% of situations. With so much computing now being Web-based, many would be better-served by GNU/Linux, but do not know it. The monopolists keep the Free alternative out of the public eye, so that it remains "obscure". The sheep are kept in the flock largely by fear of the unknown. -- "What IS it with all these idiots wanting their own distro? Do they get their own Windows? No." - "True Linux advocate" Hadron Quark