Comment 106 for bug 21202

I wrote my master science degree work with Word on 2 different operationg system in 2001, Windows xp and Mac Os 8.6. The day the twin towers went down I spend half the night to try to print it on 2 different pc and I couldn't, only the next day on another pc, and it was the last day before term deadline

Bye
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 11334 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/11334
>
> "Stop using these kind of amateuristic operating systems. If you've got
> the money, just buy a Mac. It also has Unix-roots, it's fast and stable
> and everything just works."
>
> Like you, I agree a better clipboard implementation is needed. But
> suggesting one succumb to non-free software as an alternative is
> unethical. Features are important, but in enumerating them, you suggest
> to us that your values are limited to superficial engineering values
> (speed, robustness, portability, features, and so on). Many of us, while
> considering those important as well, have human rights preceding these
> things. But that you are here in the first place, suggests that you came
> not out of principle, but as an alternative option, another flavour, if
> you will, of what you'd naturally prefer. Having said that, all I can
> say is that you have unfortunately missed the entire point of the
> philosophy of free software and would do well to either broaden your
> mind and actually read the GNU literature (gnu.org/philosophy), or stick
> to the McSoftware.
>
> On another note, there is nothing to stop you from patching Xorg
> yourself. If upstream does not cooperate, hear them out and listen to
> what they have to say. There are typically two reasons why patches are
> not accepted on an active project: (1) Your idea is sound, but your
> technical approach is lacking; (2) Philosophically, what you are trying
> to do is not in harmony with the project's goals, the technical approach
> irrelevant.
>
> If you disagree with their (2) response, there is nothing to stop you
> from forking the project. Indeed, this is done more often than you
> think. glibc, the heart of the GNU operating system, was swapped right
> out under your feet in Karmic with most people being none the wiser. It
> was replaced with eglibc. eglibc is a fork of glibc, for philosophical
> reasons.
>
> If you don't want to fork it, there is nothing to stop you from patching
> at the package maintainers level. Indeed, most of the official packages
> contain distribution level patches. You can see this in the
> debian/patches directory in many of the Debian / Ubuntu source packages.
>
> Kip
>
> --
> Clipboard is erased after closing program. affects multiple programs.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/21202
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of a duplicate bug (via bug 11334).
>

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