Comment 1298 for bug 1

On Monday 02 August 2010 12:15:25 you wrote:
> > Oh no, wait, they already invented that shit: it's called Windows.
> > Bugger! Long live Bug #1!
> > P.S. Can I change the bug status to WON'T FIX? Let's just be honest with
> > ourselves...

I see people keep interpreting it variously, and I'm sure it must be my utter
lack of communicative skills combined with a poor sense of humor. However, I
will try to rephrase my words:

I just meant that freedom of choice, in my view, is fundamental to Linux, and
that without choice there's no freedom. Which is a scenario we're all familiar
with, and is called Windows.

If in order to free ourselves from Windows monopoly we restrain our freedom of
choice, we will end up with the same situation, but with a different name for
the new monopoly chocking our freedom.

All in all, unfortunately, I don't think this bug will ever get fixed. It's
true, in my view, that most people feel more comfortable in the restricted
space where the monopoly of the year decides to confine them, rather than
wandering in the vast open space of freedom where choices are too abundant not
to feel overwhelmed.