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• Freedom and Knowledge
  2004-01-28 21:31:14  mcharpentier [View]
  
  
  Thanks for the sarkasm - but it does not address my main point:
  I "suffered" from "Linux lock-in".
  And had no one to blame.
  
  I buy a mainstream printer from HP - and have to resell it, because there are no GS-drivers for this model.
  
  I must run some specific Windows apps; trying to transform our Windows machine into a dual-booting system failed - the graphics card was "to new". Even with the new drivers from the graphics card vendor the machine had random lock-ups. But no problems on the Windows side.
  
  Those ridiculous experiences can't be described as "freedom".
  
  One could even say that I suffered from "OS lock-in".
  As Microsoft said in the context of the recent HP-Apple collaboration: "Windows is all about freedom of choice."
  Well ...
• Freedom and Knowledge
  2004-01-29 05:32:14  Steve Mallett | [View]
  
  
  Those ridiculous experiences can't be described as "freedom".
  
  Dude, you couldn't get it work.. how did it even have a chance to lock you in?? (You probably would have been alright using Mandrake.)
  
  Anyway, I think we're both arguing over how unreliable hardware is a pain. Mine ran OS X so instead of continuing I'm making it run something else so -when- the logic board dies an eighth time I know what I'll be using the next day.
  
  I'm solving the problem that I really can't reliable say what I'll be running from day to day.
  As of this morning it looks like Apple is going to be doing a lot of replacing. I'm super happy for that for all those folks who weren't getting their logic boards replaced.