"Andrew Savory" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's weird that we chastise Apple because we can't drop in new components, > and yet we're not at war with dyson because we can't upgrade our vacuum > cleaners, or Hotpoint because we can't upgrade our dishwashers, or Sony > because we can't upgrade our HDTVs. What is it about the PC hardware > industry that makes it unique?
Is it unique, or is it just one of the few things that readers of a free software article will agree on? For example, I won't buy dyson because he moved manufacturing jobs from Somerset to the far east to reduce costs (and then put the in-shop prices up) but it seems that you will. Their cleaners are also a bit complicated for me. Instead, I have a goblin that I can service myself and there are some compatible parts available. I don't have a dishwasher because they seem to waste energy and water (see http://www.climatechangeday.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=33&Itemid=69 ) and my digital television receiver is a constant irritation (the UI even has spelling errors, for crying out loud!) which I will replace with a MythTV Real Soon Now. Each of the above stances has attracted quite a bit of disagreement from other free software supporters when I've expressed them. I sometimes wonder if computing is the only topic where most of us agree. Maybe that's not surprising, from the definition of the group. (I agree with most of the points I trimmed, FWIW.) -- MJ Ray http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html tel:+44-844-4437-237 - Webmaster-developer, statistician, sysadmin, online shop builder, consumer and workers co-operative member http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ - Writing on koha, debian, sat TV, Kewstoke http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ _______________________________________________ Fsfe-uk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-uk
