Re: [csail-related] gsb: tonight at 5:30pm in 9G

[Capen Low <capen@>]

People, PLEASE!

We all have different beliefs about what sort of computers and software 
we should be using, but I think enough is enough.  In the interest of 
science and of progress, I would like to ask everyone to try what they 
can to bring an end to these Platform Wars.

Whether you use Windows Vista or Windows XP, surely you can agree that 
the other OS has good aspects, too.  People make choices with their 
lives, and we should respect those choices.  The two computer platforms 
accomplish many of the same goals, and if we could all stop bickering 
about the differences between them and celebrating the similarities, I 
think we could do some good in the world.

Thank you.

Richard Stallman wrote:
>     My desktop machine broke and so Dell sent me a bunch of parts to try. 
>     But none of them fixed the problem. So they sent me a new machine, but 
>     it has Vista pre-installed. Yeah, yeah, I know Windows is evil (I'm 
>     working on Tablet PC code, so I need Windows).
>
> Windows Vista is much more evil than previous versions.  (See
> BadVista.org.)  Perhaps you should complain and insist they send you a
> replacement machine with the same Windows version that you had.
>
> I hope that you're not writing software to RUN on Windows.  Each
> program written to run on Windows adds to the social inertia that
> keeps Windows going.  A year from now, will someone say, "I know
> Windows is evil, but I'm using Aaron Adler's code so I need Windows"?
>
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