Subj : Re: Windows vs Linux
To   : boraxman
From : tenser
Date : Mon May 09 2022 00:02:11

On 01 May 2022 at 05:45p, boraxman pondered and said...
 
 bo> I agreed that being able to use your hardware at a fundamental level was
 bo> necessary, but the original point I was making was orthogonal to this. 
 bo> It was that a sense of freedom at a higher level (at the application
 bo> level and higher) was based on the functionality the software gave you,
 bo> the documentation that gave you, and the way in which the disparate
 bo> pieces that form your system can be put together the way you want.

You keep repeating that, but you have presented no
compelling evidence to support your claim and ignore
dis-confirming evidence.

 bo> To use an analogy, I was talking about your freedom to drive your car
 bo> wherever you like, at any time you like, taking whatever route you feel
 bo> is good for you, whereas you're talking about the ability to start the
 bo> car at all.  Yes, the former freedom is useless without the latter, but
 bo> it still warrants discussion.

To be blunt, I think you're more talking about the
freedom to select what fuzzy dice appeal to you more
to hang from the rearview mirror.

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