On Tuesday 30 May 2006 06:56, Erik de Castro Lopo allegedly wrote: > Benno wrote: > > Just so you know what we are up against... > > http://lists.slug.org.au/archives/activities/2006/05/msg00079.html > > Back on the main list because many people aren't on activities list. > > So first off, who are they targeting here? I'd say it was the computer > science and computer engineering students. They are obviously trying > to get students hooked on satan's crack before they leave uni.
You're worried about a few free handouts, when students can illegally obtain nearly any software for next to no cost? (*) Australia's institutions of higher learning (among others ... hello government at all levels) are quite happy to send AUS$ to an overseas company, and they don't need a free BBQ to entrench this behavior into their students. (*) Everyone one is happy with individual copyright infringement, it encourages vendor lock-in (people aren't forced to look at alternatives) and it makes defacto criminals out of a lot of undesirables thus making it real easy to get a "search and seizure" warrant and effectively hobble any organization reliant on computers in any way. Having said that, any activity which raises the profile of Linux is a good thing. Cheers, Malcolm V. -- He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
