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Re: Breyers Yogurt

From	Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject	Re: Breyers Yogurt
Date	2011-05-04 06:59 -0700
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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.

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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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