[SLUG] Re: [chat] yet another reason to advocate Linux
... the point of the article was that MS Apple are using exploitative child labour in sweatshop conditions. It's an interesting article, well worth the read. Meryl -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Re: [chat] yet another reason to advocate Linux
Don't let this become a Linux only thing - whether one thinks Free as in FSF, open source as in the OSI or supports proprietary Microsoft...child labour is abhorrent regardless and has nothing to do with the freedom of software. It is, plain and simple, wrong. DSL -Original Message- From: meryl gnu...@aromagardens.com.au To: slug@slug.org.au Subject: [SLUG] Re: [chat] yet another reason to advocate Linux Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:40:54 +1000 ... the point of the article was that MS Apple are using exploitative child labour in sweatshop conditions. It's an interesting article, well worth the read. Meryl -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Re: [chat] yet another reason to advocate Linux
David Lloyd lloy0...@adam.com.au writes: Don't let this become a Linux only thing - whether one thinks Free as in FSF, open source as in the OSI or supports proprietary Microsoft...child labour is abhorrent regardless and has nothing to do with the freedom of software. It is, plain and simple, wrong. ...and don't mistake that this actually has much to do with those vendors: the hardware you run Linux on is probably made in similar conditions, as are many of the other facets. (Also, don't mistake that just closing sweat-shops is the best answer, since a terrible job might be better than no job, and sometimes that is the result. Which really sucks, because those conditions *should* not exist, IMO.) Daniel Complexity, ain't it grand. :( -Original Message- From: meryl gnu...@aromagardens.com.au To: slug@slug.org.au Subject: [SLUG] Re: [chat] yet another reason to advocate Linux Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:40:54 +1000 ... the point of the article was that MS Apple are using exploitative child labour in sweatshop conditions. It's an interesting article, well worth the read. Meryl -- ✣ Daniel Pittman✉ dan...@rimspace.net☎ +61 401 155 707 ♽ made with 100 percent post-consumer electrons -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Re: [chat] yet another reason to advocate Linux
Daniel Pittman wrote: snip Which really sucks, because those conditions *should* not exist, IMO.) snip It may be useful to consider Linux, FOSS and OSS in the context of Peter Singer's 1971 article: Famine, Affluence, and Morality http://www.utilitarian.net/singer/by/1972.htm Marghanita -- Marghanita da Cruz http://ramin.com.au Tel: 0414-869202 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
