[TriLUG] OS's and Arguments

[Chris Hedemark]

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On Tuesday, November 19, 2002, at 10:22 AM, Tanner Lovelace wrote:

> In fact, it came from someone who didn't even own a Mac.  Rather,
> they were dismayed by how Apple was using the DMCA.  This is
> a legitimate point.

I think that the DMCA is an ugly law.  But is it bad for a company to 
utilize a bad law to efficiently do the right thing (or at least to do 
something that isn't a bad thing)?

> The view I get, as someone who doesn't have any Apple hardware at
> all, is that some Apple owners tend to be more zealous than many
> Linux users (not all mind you).  Any mention of something that looks
> even vaguely negative about Apple is met by immediate messages
> about how much better Apple is than everything else.

Well, like I said in my message about diversity in your repertoire, the 
Macs are great at some things and I am enthusiastic about using them 
for those things.  But I am equally enthusiastic about other OS's for 
other purposes.  I'm quick to criticize Apple when they screw up, and 
praise them when they do the right thing.  I do the same thing with Red 
Hat and other companies that I patronize.

> While this
> may or may not be the case, the evangelizing can get a bit tiresome,
> especially on a list that doesn't have anything to do with said
> OS.

So why keep steering back to that subject when the "Mac zealots" aren't 
even doing it?

Chris Hedemark
Hillsborough, NC
http://yonderway.com


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