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From: Ruben Safir <mrbrklyn@panix.com>
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Subject: Re: Opensource slowing down? "GoogleDrive" private cloud
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 19:07:12 +0000 (UTC)
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Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> wrote:
> On 12/03/15 07:12, ruben safir wrote:
>> On 03/04/2015 10:08 AM, Tim Watts wrote:
> 
>> YOU DON'T NEED Free Software tools to help you hang yourself digitally.
>>
>> You need to through that thing away.
> 
> Yes yes - we know what google is doing.
> 
> Now, back in the real world, my userbase (of 3 family members) *are* 
> using this stuff so I have to support it - somehow.
> 

Is that the same real world that allows for cross posting to usenet
groups?

No offense, Tim, but you wouldn't know the "real World" if it hit you in
the head.

I up your three kids with my six.



> As much as I admire Stallman's uncompromising approach, Linus's 
> pragmatism usually gets more done... I'll put myself in the pragmatic camp.


I wasn't taking stallman, I was talking about the pragmatic studity of
using locked down slaveware platforms that are insecure...

What?  Your not asking how it is that we don't connect to your exchange
server?