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   XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy, comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: justin@nobecauseihatespam.org   
      
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    Rex Ballard  wrote:   
      
   > On Jun 30, 8:49 am, chrisv  wrote:   
   > > Justin wrote:   
   > > >Some people are forced to use teh Doze.  Its unfortunate because they   
   > > >hate it and the first chance they get they'll switch.   
   >   
   > > Well, with $billions at stake, rest assured that the Microshaft Corp   
   > > is working hard to prevent people from having that chance.   
   >   
   > Yes, nearly 80% of Microsoft's $60 billion/year revenue is dependent   
   > on Windows.  To protect that revenue stream, Microsoft spends nearly   
   SNIP   
   > countermeasures included enforcement of it's trademark rights, forcing   
   > the PCs that ran Linux to be turned off, boxed up, and locked up in a   
   > way that even the box would be hard to find.  Furthermore, the   
   > retailers were not allowed to advertise the Linux device in any ad   
   > containing any Microsoft trademarks.   
      
      
   So I shouldn't feel bad spending $5.00 for a customer's laptop?  Even if   
   it illegal?   
      
   I lied.   
   I cheated.   
   I bribed men to cover the crimes of other men.   
   I am an accessory to grand theft.   
   But the most damning thing of all...   
   I think I can live with it.   
   And if I had to do it all over again, I would.   
   I can live with it.   
   I *can* live with it.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)