[MLUG] Install fest, need help, thanks!

[patricia campbell]

wow slashdot post & the original is scary: vis a vis level of ignorance.
David, would you explain what you mean about it not being 100% free I
agree about getting something back but don't understand your point
exactly ?

On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 11:55 AM, David Montminy
<david.montminy at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> [ Note: Hotmail's "text/plain" version of your email is butt-ugly! ]
>>
>>> After giving lots of thought and contemplation, I have decided to
>>> devote the first article almost entirely to Windows.  The idea is to
>>> show that by adopting Windows, users are giving up _a lot_.  Here are
>>> the few points I have come up with so far:
>>
>> I'm surprised that you don't mention the crucial difference: freedom.
>>
>>
>>         Stefan
>
> I was reminded of your post when I read:
> http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08%2F12%2F10%2F001236
>
> It's hard enough to explain to some people there is something beside
> Microsoft running on computers. The best way my parents understood it
> was that it wasn't 100% free: You always get something in return, even
> if it is only reputation. (we help each other out... like good neighbors
> do...)
>
> Education is a slow and painstaking process...
>
> David Montminy
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