Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?

[James Coupe <james@zephyr.org.uk>]

In message <MPG.15cd57b570ee233e98969e@news-server.nc.rr.com>, David Ogg
<davidogg@nc.rr.com> writes
>> Free clue: Linux doesn't work like that, dear.
>
>(sigh!) you're missing the point.

Nope.

> Make something up yourself. We're not
>talking about what linux is, we're talking about what the government
>should be/shouldn't be able to do.

And you're making some spurious links to Linux, not understanding the
first thing about what you're talking about.

Remember: Just because MS do their Operating Systems one way doesn't
mean all Operating Systems work that way.  Hence, what the Government do
there doesn't apply to some other OSes - because it's entirely
irrelevant to them.

Government: "Microsoft, no integration of browser with OS!"
MS:         "Squeak!  Yes sir!"  (eventually, maybe)
Government: "Linux, no integration of browser with OS!"
Linux:      "Erm, we don't."

You're trying to make links between two entirely incompatible
situations.  What a Government can/can't do with Microsoft is entirely
different to what it can/can't do with Linux - because the entire system
doesn't work like that.


Free clue: When giving examples and analogies, try harder to make them
relevant.

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