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Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms

From Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
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
Date 2017-03-07 14:05 -0700
Message-ID <D4E46E96.94F86%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> (permalink)
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On 3/7/17, 1:33 PM, in article
W7ednVPYG--XhCLFnZ2dnUU7-QHNnZ2d@giganews.com, "Alan Browne"
<alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:

> On 2017-03-07 15:24, chrisv wrote:
>> nospam wrote:
>> 
>>> nonsense. nobody is keeping anything out of the public eye.
>>> 
>>> people are well aware of all of the options.
>> 
>> LOL  What a liar.  This guy's denials, idiocy, and dodging of the
>> issues speaks volumes.
>> 
>> Just another asshole who ignores all of the monopolist's dirty deeds,
>> and pretends not to understand that, once this type of market tilts
>> too far to one vendor, an obscure alternative has no chance, no matter
>> how good it is.
> 
> As I said earlier, this is the age of the alternative's advantage
> because big companies have 0 control over the myriad communications
> channels over social media.
> 
> If Linux desktop were really so good and saving so much money for people
> they would be getting the message from a hundred different sources.
> 
> Android dominates mobile because Android phones (generally) are cheaper
> than iOS phones.  The monopolists advantage has failed there for some
> reason.  (MS did buy Nokia to strengthen its position - but that failed
> miserably).

I am trying to understand how someone can think MS and Apple are somehow
stopping people from hearing about desktop Linux but NOT stopping them from
hearing about and using Android and ChromeOS... and so many other tools that
use Linux.

-- 
Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They cannot
use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel somehow
superior by attacking the messenger.

They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.

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Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms "Wally" <wwally_5@sun.com> - 2017-03-06 07:36 +0100
  Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Martin Edwards <big_mart_98@yahoo.co.uk> - 2017-03-06 08:38 +0000
    Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-03-06 11:29 -0500
      Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-06 10:59 -0600
        Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-03-06 12:37 -0500
          Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-06 11:49 -0600
            Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-03-06 13:28 -0500
              Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2017-03-06 14:47 -0500
            Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Martin Edwards <big_mart_98@yahoo.co.uk> - 2017-03-07 08:25 +0000
              Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-03-07 07:48 -0500
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2017-03-07 13:57 +0100
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-03-07 08:18 -0500
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-07 08:13 -0600
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-03-07 09:44 -0500
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-07 15:00 +0000
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-07 14:45 +0000
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-07 08:52 -0600
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-07 15:00 +0000
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-07 09:19 -0600
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-07 15:48 +0000
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-03-07 11:54 -0500
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-07 11:29 -0600
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-07 17:44 +0000
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-03-07 13:11 -0500
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2017-03-07 18:14 +0000
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-07 12:32 -0600
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2017-03-07 10:51 -0800
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-03-07 15:11 -0500
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2017-03-07 21:32 +0100
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-03-07 15:45 -0500
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-07 21:57 +0000
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2017-03-07 23:08 +0100
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2017-03-07 14:13 -0800
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2017-03-08 00:14 +0100
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2017-03-07 15:33 -0800
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-03-07 16:22 -0700
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-03-07 17:40 -0500
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-07 23:41 +0000
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms "Greg" <greg.vance@once_gte.com> - 2017-03-10 05:07 +0100
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2017-03-10 09:33 +0100
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Anonymous <anonymous@foto.nl1.torservers.net> - 2017-03-12 05:34 -0400
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-03-07 17:39 -0500
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-07 22:41 +0000
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-03-07 16:26 -0700
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Anonymous <mix@mail.killinit.pw> - 2017-03-12 12:29 +0300
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Anonymous <nobody@remailer.paranoici.org> - 2017-03-08 02:40 +0000
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-03-07 11:50 -0500
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-07 17:17 +0000
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-07 11:22 -0600
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-07 17:43 +0000
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-03-07 11:46 -0700
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2017-03-07 10:01 -0800
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-03-07 13:10 -0500
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2017-03-07 15:40 +0100
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-07 14:48 +0000
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2017-03-07 20:15 +0100
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-07 19:32 +0000
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2017-03-07 21:28 +0100
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2017-03-07 12:31 -0800
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-07 20:51 +0000
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2017-03-07 11:51 -0800
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-07 20:49 +0000
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-03-07 11:50 -0500
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-07 14:45 +0000
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-07 08:51 -0600
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-07 15:01 +0000
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-03-07 11:53 -0500
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2017-03-07 09:57 -0800
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-03-07 11:44 -0700
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-07 19:03 +0000
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-07 13:41 -0500
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-07 19:31 +0000
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Bubonic Betty <thecrusher191919@tearitup.org> - 2017-03-07 20:20 +0000
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2017-03-07 21:26 +0100
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-07 20:51 +0000
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-07 13:50 -0600
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2017-03-07 11:53 -0800
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2017-03-07 21:26 +0100
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2017-03-07 12:30 -0800
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-07 15:08 -0500
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2017-03-07 21:22 +0100
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-03-07 15:26 -0500
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2017-03-07 12:30 -0800
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2017-03-07 21:37 +0100
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2017-03-07 12:39 -0800
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-07 15:31 -0500
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-03-07 16:31 -0700
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-07 14:24 -0600
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-03-07 15:33 -0500
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-03-07 14:05 -0700
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-07 15:14 -0600
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-03-07 16:55 -0500
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Tim <myemailhaschanged@comy.net> - 2017-03-07 17:06 -0500
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-03-07 16:28 -0700
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-07 20:55 +0000
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-03-07 15:16 -0500
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-07 14:56 -0600
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2017-03-07 13:02 -0800
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-03-07 14:07 -0700
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-03-07 16:15 -0500
                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> - 2017-03-07 18:04 -0600
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                Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-03-07 11:51 -0500
        Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-06 18:52 +0000
        Re: Apple's "keep-them-dumb" overpriced devices lose luster in American classrooms michaelunowho@gmail.com - 2017-03-15 14:45 -0700
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