On Saturday 07 October 2006 09:59, Baishampayan Ghose wrote: > Exactly what ``irresponsible'' and ``childish'' statement did he > make? Why do you think that it's the fanatics who call Microsoft > Windows a spy-ware, and how does speaking the truth bring bad name to > the Linux [sic] community?
The mail archive is online. Search if it you wish. > It's Human nature to find out / invent / discover / publicise flaws > in stuff we don't like / support. Even inside the Free Software Publicising flaws is one thing. I am very much for it. But name calling is not. Its not productive at all. > I don't think speaking the truth about Microsoft Windows (terming it > a spy-ware) Well that is twisting words now. Windoze is not spyware. M$ has complete rights to keep people from pirating its software. AFAIK it doesnt send any personal info which is objectionable. Genuine users who have registered with them already have given out more than enough personal information. Spreading FUD regarding other OSes wont get Linux anywhere. And if one values one's privacy so much then he / she should unplug his/her computer from the internet because the moment you're online, some or the other "personal" information definitely goes out. -- Dinesh A. Joshi -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
