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|    Re: Only Pirates Use Windows    |
|    20 Dec 10 08:18:57    |
      XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy       From: gordonbparker@yahoo.com              On 19/12/10 23:58, Don wrote:       > On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 11:30:04 +1300, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:       >       >> Windows users happily click on those “I have read and understood, and       >> agree to the terms& conditions” boxes on software EULA screens, even       >> though they never read and understand those terms, and have no intention       >> of agreeing to them.       >>       >> And in fact it seems impossible to get through a regular working day       >> with proprietary software without violating the licences in some way.       >>       >> In short, Windows users are software pirates.       >       >       > Gordon Parker, Homer, Liarmutt, JeffM, Marti van Lin, and George Hostler       > all use Microsoft Windows.              So? Many many people use both, including me. Your point is?              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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