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  Breyers Yogurt owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2011-05-04 11:13 +0000
    Re: Breyers Yogurt Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2011-05-04 13:16 +0200
      Re: Breyers Yogurt owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2011-05-04 12:03 +0000
        Re: Breyers Yogurt chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2011-05-04 07:38 -0500
          Re: Breyers Yogurt "carlos" <carlos@nospam.com> - 2011-05-04 10:54 -0400
          Re: Breyers Yogurt Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2011-05-04 17:08 +0200
        Re: Breyers Yogurt "amicus_curious" <acdc@sti.net> - 2011-05-04 08:52 -0400
          Re: Breyers Yogurt owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2011-05-04 16:08 +0000
            Re: Breyers Yogurt Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2011-05-04 18:12 +0200
              Re: Breyers Yogurt owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2011-05-04 16:22 +0000
                Re: Breyers Yogurt Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xzoozy.com> - 2011-05-04 15:26 -0400
                  Re: Breyers Yogurt chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2011-05-04 15:30 -0500
                    Re: Breyers Yogurt Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xzoozy.com> - 2011-05-04 17:12 -0400
            Re: Breyers Yogurt Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xzoozy.com> - 2011-05-04 12:21 -0400
              Re: Breyers Yogurt Homer <usenet@slated.org> - 2011-05-04 20:00 +0100
            Re: Breyers Yogurt Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2011-05-04 10:13 -0700
            Re: Breyers Yogurt "amicus_curious" <acdc@sti.net> - 2011-05-04 18:58 -0400
        Re: Breyers Yogurt Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2011-05-04 06:59 -0700
          Re: Breyers Yogurt Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2011-05-04 16:17 +0200
            Re: Breyers Yogurt Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2011-05-04 08:02 -0700
              Re: Breyers Yogurt Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2011-05-04 17:12 +0200
            Re: Breyers Yogurt owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2011-05-04 15:35 +0000
              Re: Breyers Yogurt chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2011-05-04 10:42 -0500
              Re: Breyers Yogurt Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2011-05-04 10:05 -0700
        Re: Breyers Yogurt Homer <usenet@slated.org> - 2011-05-04 16:29 +0100
          Re: Breyers Yogurt owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2011-05-04 15:56 +0000
            Re: Breyers Yogurt Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2011-05-04 10:12 -0700
            Re: Breyers Yogurt Homer <usenet@slated.org> - 2011-05-04 19:50 +0100
              Re: Breyers Yogurt Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2011-05-04 12:50 -0700
              Re: Breyers Yogurt owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2011-05-04 20:03 +0000
                Re: Breyers Yogurt Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2011-05-04 13:16 -0700
                Re: Breyers Yogurt chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2011-05-04 15:26 -0500
                Re: Breyers Yogurt Gregory Shearman <ZekeGregory@netscape.net> - 2011-05-04 23:09 +0000
                  Re: Breyers Yogurt Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2011-05-04 16:21 -0700
              Re: Breyers Yogurt DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2011-05-04 17:16 -0400
                Re: Breyers Yogurt Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2011-05-04 14:23 -0700
                  Re: Breyers Yogurt DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2011-05-04 17:36 -0400
                    Re: Breyers Yogurt Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2011-05-04 14:45 -0700
                    Re: Breyers Yogurt flatfish+++ <flatfish@marianatrench.com> - 2011-05-04 22:06 -0400
                      Re: Breyers Yogurt JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2011-05-05 13:11 -0500
                        Re: Breyers Yogurt Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2011-05-05 12:13 -0700
                        Re: Breyers Yogurt Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2011-05-05 21:34 +0200
                          Re: Breyers Yogurt JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2011-05-06 10:23 -0500
                Re: Breyers Yogurt JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2011-05-04 17:20 -0500
                  Re: Breyers Yogurt Homer <usenet@slated.org> - 2011-05-05 17:33 +0100
                    Re: Breyers Yogurt Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2011-05-05 09:46 -0700
              Re: Breyers Yogurt Gregory Shearman <ZekeGregory@netscape.net> - 2011-05-04 23:06 +0000
                Re: Breyers Yogurt Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2011-05-04 16:19 -0700
                Re: Breyers Yogurt chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2011-05-05 07:40 -0500
                Re: Breyers Yogurt cc <scatnubbs@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-05 12:01 -0700
                  Re: Breyers Yogurt DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2011-05-05 16:34 -0400
                    Re: Breyers Yogurt Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2011-05-05 13:58 -0700
                      Re: Breyers Yogurt An Old Friend <an.old@friend.com.invalid> - 2011-05-06 00:09 +0100
                        Re: Breyers Yogurt Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2011-05-05 16:31 -0700
                        Re: Breyers Yogurt Homer <usenet@slated.org> - 2011-05-06 01:03 +0100
                          Re: Breyers Yogurt Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2011-05-05 21:15 -0700
                        Re: Breyers Yogurt JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2011-05-06 10:20 -0500
                      Re: Breyers Yogurt DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2011-05-05 18:38 -0400
                        Re: Breyers Yogurt Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2011-05-05 16:33 -0700
                  Re: Breyers Yogurt Homer <usenet@slated.org> - 2011-05-06 00:51 +0100
                    Re: Breyers Yogurt chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2011-05-06 07:31 -0500
                      Re: Breyers Yogurt Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xzoozy.com> - 2011-05-06 08:35 -0400
                      Re: Breyers Yogurt "Catch the Wave" <zm@nospam.com> - 2011-05-06 09:27 -0400
                    Re: Breyers Yogurt "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchmail.com> - 2011-05-07 07:51 -0400
                      Re: Breyers Yogurt flatfish+++ <flatfish@marianatrench.com> - 2011-05-07 14:00 -0400
                    Re: Breyers Yogurt Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2011-05-07 05:54 -0700
                  Re: Breyers Yogurt JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2011-05-06 10:16 -0500
              Re: Breyers Yogurt cc <scatnubbs@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-05 11:56 -0700
          Re: Breyers Yogurt Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2011-05-04 10:10 -0700
      Re: Breyers Yogurt Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2011-05-04 06:54 -0700
        Re: Breyers Yogurt Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2011-05-04 15:58 +0200
    Re: Breyers Yogurt Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2011-05-04 06:53 -0700
    Re: Breyers Yogurt TomB <tommy.bongaerts@gmail.com> - 2011-05-04 16:53 +0000
      Re: Breyers Yogurt Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2011-05-04 10:21 -0700
    Re: Breyers Yogurt flatfish+++ <flatfish@marianatrench.com> - 2011-05-04 13:11 -0400
    Re: Breyers Yogurt DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2011-05-05 15:59 -0400

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#20920 — Breyers Yogurt

It would appear that my beloved Breyers Yogurt is no more.  Good thing
that can never happen to Linux.  I'll never wake up one day and find that
Linux is just no longer available.  Capitalism is *so* good for humanity.

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#20922

owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> writes:

> It would appear that my beloved Breyers Yogurt is no more.  Good thing
> that can never happen to Linux.  I'll never wake up one day and find that
> Linux is just no longer available.  Capitalism is *so* good for
> humanity.

What are you talking about?

There are loads of OTHER yoghurts available.

Choice... And people chose NOT to support Breyers at a guess. If people
really wanted it, someone would make it.

You see with foods, not any idiot like you could mix up their own
bacteria filled yoghurts and sell them to the public from your basement
: there are rules and regulations to stop you poisoning the public and
claiming "its good for you". See the similarity?

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#20931

Hadron <hadronquark@gmail.com> wrote:
> owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> writes:

> > It would appear that my beloved Breyers Yogurt is no more.  Good thing
> > that can never happen to Linux.  I'll never wake up one day and find that
> > Linux is just no longer available.  Capitalism is *so* good for
> > humanity.

> What are you talking about?

> There are loads of OTHER yoghurts available.

Breyers was the best.  And there is no *other* Breyers yogurt, just
like there is no *other* Windows or Solaris.  Best not to get too happy
with a proprietary platform.  It might disappear tomorrow.

> Choice... And people chose NOT to support Breyers at a guess. If people
> really wanted it, someone would make it.

I don't care why.  I just want my Black Cherry Fruit on the Bottom
Breyers Yogurt.  But now I can't have it.  Ever again. :(

> You see with foods, not any idiot like you could mix up their own
> bacteria filled yoghurts and sell them to the public from your basement
> : there are rules and regulations to stop you poisoning the public and
> claiming "its good for you". See the similarity?

Microsoft Windows is a proprietary brand owned by one company that has
sole control over whether or not you continue to have access to that
product in the future, just like the company that owned the Breyers
Yogurt brand.  See the similarity?

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#20942

>Hadron quacked:
>>
>> You see with foods, not any idiot like you could mix up their own
>> bacteria filled yoghurts and sell them to the public from your basement
>> : there are rules and regulations to stop you poisoning the public and
>> claiming "its good for you". See the similarity?

Another fine "true Linux advocacy" post from the "true Linux advocate"
Hadron Quark.

-- 
"If MS raise their prices by 50% then its still good value to many."
-  "True Linux advocate" Hadron Quark

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#20983

useless shit "chrisv" <chrisv@nospam.invalid> wrote in message 
news:a3i2s65pv0ms7788hl0h82vdidbhqhq5nj@4ax.com...
> >Hadron quacked:
>>>
>>> You see with foods, not any idiot like you could mix up their own
>>> bacteria filled yoghurts and sell them to the public from your basement
>>> : there are rules and regulations to stop you poisoning the public and
>>> claiming "its good for you". See the similarity?
>
> Another fine "true Linux advocacy" post from the "true Linux advocate"
> Hadron Quark.
>

another fine 'advocacy' post from the stupid turd.

"chrisv" is a liar. "chrisv" is a piece of shit. 

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#20992

chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> writes:

>>Hadron quacked:
>>>
>>> You see with foods, not any idiot like you could mix up their own
>>> bacteria filled yoghurts and sell them to the public from your basement
>>> : there are rules and regulations to stop you poisoning the public and
>>> claiming "its good for you". See the similarity?
>
> Another fine "true Linux advocacy" post from the "true Linux advocate"
> Hadron Quark.

You seem confused. I am supporting the OSS solutions where
appropriate. Owl is lamenting his loss of a closed source solution.

You're not very good at this are you? In fact, you dont seem very good
at anything at all.

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#20951

"owl" <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote in message 
news:sh8fa.0a8w3r@rooftop.invalid...

>
> Microsoft Windows is a proprietary brand owned by one company that has
> sole control over whether or not you continue to have access to that
> product in the future, just like the company that owned the Breyers
> Yogurt brand.  See the similarity?
>
Ah, but the COLA mavens know full well that Microsoft is driven by pure 
greed for the billions in profits that they receive from Windows.  History 
has shown that we can rely on such people to continue to supply what the 
public wants to buy so there is no immediate danger of Windows disappearing 
from the shelves.  Rather Microsoft will doubtless continue to protect it 
viciously and will improve features and functions to entice future purchases 
of Windows and products containing Windows.  They will continually have to 
be rigorously constrained by laws that regulate this behavior.

Your yogurt analogy is spot on though, owl.

Come the day when Windows is no longer wanted by the consumer, Microsoft 
will drop it and only pirated copies will be available.  Like yogurt, too, 
you will have to be satisfied with something less than what you really want, 
for example Linux. 

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#21016

amicus_curious <acdc@sti.net> wrote:

> Your yogurt analogy is spot on though, owl.

I know.  Thanks.

> Come the day when Windows is no longer wanted by the consumer, Microsoft 
> will drop it and only pirated copies will be available.  Like yogurt, too, 
> you will have to be satisfied with something less than what you really want, 
> for example Linux. 

That makes no sense.  If Windows is no longer wanted by the consumer,
why would an alternative be considered "something less"?

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#21017

owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> writes:

> amicus_curious <acdc@sti.net> wrote:
>
>> Your yogurt analogy is spot on though, owl.
>
> I know.  Thanks.
>
>> Come the day when Windows is no longer wanted by the consumer, Microsoft 
>> will drop it and only pirated copies will be available.  Like yogurt, too, 
>> you will have to be satisfied with something less than what you really want, 
>> for example Linux. 
>
> That makes no sense.  If Windows is no longer wanted by the consumer,
> why would an alternative be considered "something less"?

*Chuckle*

You really are tying yourself up in Knots. Amicus hooked you nice and
cleanly there with his "spot on" comment!

Hint : back out now....

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#21020

Hadron <hadronquark@gmail.com> wrote:
> owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> writes:

> > amicus_curious <acdc@sti.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Your yogurt analogy is spot on though, owl.
> >
> > I know.  Thanks.
> >
> >> Come the day when Windows is no longer wanted by the consumer, Microsoft 
> >> will drop it and only pirated copies will be available.  Like yogurt, too, 
> >> you will have to be satisfied with something less than what you really want, 
> >> for example Linux. 
> >
> > That makes no sense.  If Windows is no longer wanted by the consumer,
> > why would an alternative be considered "something less"?

> *Chuckle*

> You really are tying yourself up in Knots. Amicus hooked you nice and
> cleanly there with his "spot on" comment!

> Hint : back out now....

Since you're the master of gibberish, maybe you could explain how
a consumer might no longer want some product and would therefore
"have to be satisfied with something less."

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#21108

owl wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> Hadron <hadronquark@gmail.com> wrote:
>> owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> writes:
>
>> > amicus_curious <acdc@sti.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Your yogurt analogy is spot on though, owl.
>> >
>> > I know.  Thanks.
>> >
>> >> Come the day when Windows is no longer wanted by the consumer, Microsoft 
>> >> will drop it and only pirated copies will be available.  Like yogurt, too, 
>> >> you will have to be satisfied with something less than what you really want, 
>> >> for example Linux. 
>> >
>> > That makes no sense.  If Windows is no longer wanted by the consumer,
>> > why would an alternative be considered "something less"?
>
>> *Chuckle*
>
>> You really are tying yourself up in Knots. Amicus hooked you nice and
>> cleanly there with his "spot on" comment!
>
>> Hint : back out now....
>
> Since you're the master of gibberish, maybe you could explain how
> a consumer might no longer want some product and would therefore
> "have to be satisfied with something less."

Sounds like our shitty little troll is no more a logician than
is amicus_curious.

Wottasurprize

-- 
Did you hear about the model who sat on a broken bottle and cut a nice figure?

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#21125

Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

> owl wrote:
>>
>> Larry trolled:
>>>
>>> You really are tying yourself up in Knots. Amicus hooked you nice and
>>> cleanly there with his "spot on" comment!
>>
>> Since you're the master of gibberish, maybe you could explain how
>> a consumer might no longer want some product and would therefore
>> "have to be satisfied with something less."
>
>Sounds like our shitty little troll is no more a logician than
>is amicus_curious.
>
>Wottasurprize

Amazing how an excess of cheap wine can cause someone to actually
*enjoy* making a public jackass of himself.

Poor Larry.

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#21128

chrisv wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>
>> owl wrote:
>>>
>>> Larry trolled:
>>>>
>>>> You really are tying yourself up in Knots. Amicus hooked you nice and
>>>> cleanly there with his "spot on" comment!
>>>
>>> Since you're the master of gibberish, maybe you could explain how
>>> a consumer might no longer want some product and would therefore
>>> "have to be satisfied with something less."
>>
>>Sounds like our shitty little troll is no more a logician than
>>is amicus_curious.
>>
>>Wottasurprize
>
> Amazing how an excess of cheap wine can cause someone to actually
> *enjoy* making a public jackass of himself.

I think he finally dropped the crystal meth habit... his recent posts are
far more sedate.

-- 
<Roy> Linux sucks and I have decided it will never work properly so have
installed XP.
<Liarnut> Phnaar, phnarr, you go tell 'em Roy. That sure is some real
goddarn good 'adferrcating youse is doing boy! You a shows them finicky
tootin Windoes shillickens whose a running this chicken coup!<GRIN>
<Terry Porter> : Goddamme Roy mate, you show know how to bamboozle these
Sheilas! Good one! Fair Dinkum! Oy Mate! Down Liarnut, down Oy say!
   -- "Hadron", gibbering and capering in <gi5n7p$lk1$1@reader.motzarella.org>

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#21019

owl wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> amicus_curious <acdc@sti.net> wrote:
>
>> Your yogurt analogy is spot on though, owl.
>
> I know.  Thanks.
>
>> Come the day when Windows is no longer wanted by the consumer, Microsoft 
>> will drop it and only pirated copies will be available.  Like yogurt, too, 
>> you will have to be satisfied with something less than what you really want, 
>> for example Linux. 
>
> That makes no sense.  If Windows is no longer wanted by the consumer,
> why would an alternative be considered "something less"?

amicus_curious is a sophist, not a logician.

-- 
I have never understood this liking for war.  It panders to instincts
already catered for within the scope of any respectable domestic establishment.
		-- Alan Bennett

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#21106

Verily I say unto thee, that Chris Ahlstrom spake thusly:
> owl wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
>> amicus_curious <acdc@sti.net> wrote:

>>> Come the day when Windows is no longer wanted by the consumer,
>>> Microsoft will drop it and only pirated copies will be available.
>>> Like yogurt, too, you will have to be satisfied with something less
>>> than what you really want, for example Linux. 
>>
>> That makes no sense.  If Windows is no longer wanted by the consumer,
>> why would an alternative be considered "something less"?

And why would it be "pirated" either, if it's no longer wanted?

> amicus_curious is a sophist, not a logician.

Well he means to be a sophist, anyway. The results are rather more
transparent though. Ultimately he's just a bigot with an agenda, and
like all bigots he has no interest in either morals or reason.

-- 
K.                           | "Linux hackers are on a mission
http://slated.org            |  from God" ~ The Vatican
Fedora 8 (Werewolf) on šky   | 
kernel 2.6.31.5, up 78 days  | http://tinyurl.com/linuxmission

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#21053

owl stated in post sn98etf.8aga3@rooftop.invalid on 5/4/11 9:08 AM:

> amicus_curious <acdc@sti.net> wrote:
> 
>> Your yogurt analogy is spot on though, owl.
> 
> I know.  Thanks.
> 
>> Come the day when Windows is no longer wanted by the consumer, Microsoft
>> will drop it and only pirated copies will be available.  Like yogurt, too,
>> you will have to be satisfied with something less than what you really want,
>> for example Linux.
> 
> That makes no sense.  If Windows is no longer wanted by the consumer,
> why would an alternative be considered "something less"?

Your Yogurt is no longer wanted (hence no longer made).... and you consider
the alternatives something less.

The analogy is excellent in terms of how most people see desktop Linux.
Personally I esp. like how you talked about the "consistency" of the
yogurt... but that is just me.  :)



-- 
[INSERT .SIG HERE]

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#21145

"owl" <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote in message 
news:sn98etf.8aga3@rooftop.invalid...
> amicus_curious <acdc@sti.net> wrote:
>
>> Your yogurt analogy is spot on though, owl.
>
> I know.  Thanks.
>
>> Come the day when Windows is no longer wanted by the consumer, Microsoft
>> will drop it and only pirated copies will be available.  Like yogurt, 
>> too,
>> you will have to be satisfied with something less than what you really 
>> want,
>> for example Linux.
>
> That makes no sense.  If Windows is no longer wanted by the consumer,
> why would an alternative be considered "something less"?
>
Context, owl, context!  LOL!

You are complaining that your favorite yogurt, Breyers IIRC, is no longer 
available and the alternates are not as desirable.  You suggest the same 
could happen to Windows, the clear parallel being that you want Windows, but 
it is no longer available since the proprietor has ceased production.  Just 
like everyone except yourself wants some alternate to Breyer's, others would 
prefer something other than Windows.

It is sheer fantasy, of course, but it was your allegory. 

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#20968

owl stated in post sh8fa.0a8w3r@rooftop.invalid on 5/4/11 5:03 AM:

> Hadron <hadronquark@gmail.com> wrote:
>> owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> writes:
> 
>>> It would appear that my beloved Breyers Yogurt is no more.  Good thing
>>> that can never happen to Linux.  I'll never wake up one day and find that
>>> Linux is just no longer available.  Capitalism is *so* good for
>>> humanity.
> 
>> What are you talking about?
> 
>> There are loads of OTHER yoghurts available.
> 
> Breyers was the best.  And there is no *other* Breyers yogurt, just
> like there is no *other* Windows or Solaris.  Best not to get too happy
> with a proprietary platform.  It might disappear tomorrow.

So the proprietary yogurt cost more but had higher quality.  The open source
yogurts are just not as good.

Good analogy for how most people see Linux.

>> Choice... And people chose NOT to support Breyers at a guess. If people
>> really wanted it, someone would make it.
> 
> I don't care why.  I just want my Black Cherry Fruit on the Bottom
> Breyers Yogurt.  But now I can't have it.  Ever again. :(

Right: even though you can use the open source options and tweak them how
*you* want, with essentially infinite flexibility, you want what the experts
produced - the options they pre-selected for you because, face it, they were
experts in yogurt and you are not.  Could you make yours as good - perhaps,
but not without a lot of work and likely not with the same consistency.
Consistency is important to yogurt.  I do not like mine runny.

Good analogy for how many people see Linux.  Interesting topic - thanks.
 
>> You see with foods, not any idiot like you could mix up their own
>> bacteria filled yoghurts and sell them to the public from your basement
>> : there are rules and regulations to stop you poisoning the public and
>> claiming "its good for you". See the similarity?
> 
> Microsoft Windows is a proprietary brand owned by one company that has
> sole control over whether or not you continue to have access to that
> product in the future, just like the company that owned the Breyers
> Yogurt brand.  See the similarity?

Yes: you mourn the loss of the proprietary brand because even with its flaws
and risks, you simply prefer it to the open source varieties... the
essentially infinite varieties you could make for far, far less.

Perhaps you now understand better why desktop Linux is not more popular than
it is... people want their Breyers Yogurt.

-- 
[INSERT .SIG HERE]

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#20972

Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> writes:

> owl stated in post sh8fa.0a8w3r@rooftop.invalid on 5/4/11 5:03 AM:
>
>> Hadron <hadronquark@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> writes:
>> 
>>>> It would appear that my beloved Breyers Yogurt is no more.  Good thing
>>>> that can never happen to Linux.  I'll never wake up one day and find that
>>>> Linux is just no longer available.  Capitalism is *so* good for
>>>> humanity.
>> 
>>> What are you talking about?
>> 
>>> There are loads of OTHER yoghurts available.
>> 
>> Breyers was the best.  And there is no *other* Breyers yogurt, just
>> like there is no *other* Windows or Solaris.  Best not to get too happy
>> with a proprietary platform.  It might disappear tomorrow.
>
> So the proprietary yogurt cost more but had higher quality.  The open source
> yogurts are just not as good.
>
> Good analogy for how most people see Linux.
>
>>> Choice... And people chose NOT to support Breyers at a guess. If people
>>> really wanted it, someone would make it.
>> 
>> I don't care why.  I just want my Black Cherry Fruit on the Bottom
>> Breyers Yogurt.  But now I can't have it.  Ever again. :(
>
> Right: even though you can use the open source options and tweak them how
> *you* want, with essentially infinite flexibility, you want what the experts
> produced - the options they pre-selected for you because, face it, they were
> experts in yogurt and you are not.  Could you make yours as good - perhaps,
> but not without a lot of work and likely not with the same consistency.
> Consistency is important to yogurt.  I do not like mine runny.
>
> Good analogy for how many people see Linux.  Interesting topic - thanks.


Bwahahahahahaha. What a beotch slapping for Owl. I almost feel sorry for
him.

So his "choice" is a shelf Yoghurt! Did it have a "monopoly"?
hahahahaha.

Good job their Snit. I bet Owl wished he'd never been sent on this
"advocacy" skirmish by his master Roy now ;)

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Hadron stated in post tr1v0eczxk.fsf@news.eternal-september.org on 5/4/11
7:17 AM:

> Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> writes:
> 
>> owl stated in post sh8fa.0a8w3r@rooftop.invalid on 5/4/11 5:03 AM:
>> 
>>> Hadron <hadronquark@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> writes:
>>> 
>>>>> It would appear that my beloved Breyers Yogurt is no more.  Good thing
>>>>> that can never happen to Linux.  I'll never wake up one day and find that
>>>>> Linux is just no longer available.  Capitalism is *so* good for
>>>>> humanity.
>>> 
>>>> What are you talking about?
>>> 
>>>> There are loads of OTHER yoghurts available.
>>> 
>>> Breyers was the best.  And there is no *other* Breyers yogurt, just
>>> like there is no *other* Windows or Solaris.  Best not to get too happy
>>> with a proprietary platform.  It might disappear tomorrow.
>> 
>> So the proprietary yogurt cost more but had higher quality.  The open source
>> yogurts are just not as good.
>> 
>> Good analogy for how most people see Linux.
>> 
>>>> Choice... And people chose NOT to support Breyers at a guess. If people
>>>> really wanted it, someone would make it.
>>> 
>>> I don't care why.  I just want my Black Cherry Fruit on the Bottom
>>> Breyers Yogurt.  But now I can't have it.  Ever again. :(
>> 
>> Right: even though you can use the open source options and tweak them how
>> *you* want, with essentially infinite flexibility, you want what the experts
>> produced - the options they pre-selected for you because, face it, they were
>> experts in yogurt and you are not.  Could you make yours as good - perhaps,
>> but not without a lot of work and likely not with the same consistency.
>> Consistency is important to yogurt.  I do not like mine runny.
>> 
>> Good analogy for how many people see Linux.  Interesting topic - thanks.
> 
> 
> Bwahahahahahaha. What a beotch slapping for Owl. I almost feel sorry for
> him.
> 
> So his "choice" is a shelf Yoghurt! Did it have a "monopoly"?
> hahahahaha.
> 
> Good job their Snit. I bet Owl wished he'd never been sent on this
> "advocacy" skirmish by his master Roy now ;)
> 
> 
Well, he whined about the loss of the proprietary stuff because it is better
than the alternatives - including the open source ones.  Then he compared
this to OSs... 

He made the exact opposite point he meant to.


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