From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 23 08:48:27 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40D5516A4BF for ; Sat, 23 Aug 2003 08:48:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.gmx.net (pop.gmx.de [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0091D43FEA for ; Sat, 23 Aug 2003 08:48:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from krylon@gmx.net) Received: (qmail 10769 invoked by uid 65534); 23 Aug 2003 15:48:23 -0000 Received: from Ba982.pppool.de (HELO there) (213.7.169.130) by mail.gmx.net (mp006) with SMTP; 23 Aug 2003 17:48:23 +0200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Benjamin Walkenhorst To: rama@ukfsn.org Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 17:41:51 +0200 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3.1] References: <1061379040.1442.1.camel@Tarcil> <20030821113951.080B9E6A7D@mail.ukfsn.org> <3F44BC60.20804@ukfsn.org> In-Reply-To: <3F44BC60.20804@ukfsn.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: <20030823154826.0091D43FEA@mx1.FreeBSD.org> cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Loving the FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 15:48:27 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello Ramanan, On Donnerstag, 21. August 2003 14:34 Ramanan Selvaratnam wrote: > Not sure whether trusting a company that has been criminally convicted > in the US as untrustworthy with privacy is the biggest freedom denied > through the way Microsoft develops and maintains software .... Well, of course it's not only the privacy issue. But privacy is important nowadays, and Windows is doubly risky in that aspect, because a) Microsoft has not exactly a reputation for producing bug-free software; there's lots of security holes for attackers to exploit. And b) Microsoft also happens to be a bunch of greedy bastards that take every opportunity to take a close look at your private data. Just think of MediaPlayer. A friend of mine once caught defrag sending a packet to a microsoft-server containing something like an "ls -lR /" of his local harddrives (or so he told me) while setting up a firewall. I use my computer for e.g. writing my diary; I certainly do not want anybody to read my diary. > IMHO the freedom related to software and abuse of this is a far wider > issue important at every level. > Personally I see privacy as less of an issue than equal opportunity to > human heritage which is another freedom clearly abused. Of course you're right; and Microsoft's behaviour is much more repulsive than the quality of their products. Thus I'm twice as glad to be free of their monopoly. For whatever reason one prefers free software over microsft's - freedom, stability, security - it's a good choice in every respect. And it's free - what a deal! =) > eg: I can pass on a FreeBSD CD to another in need without fearing the laws. On the other hand there's plenty of windows-users who don't own legitimate copies as well. They have to go through some trouble with license keys, though. I can't remember the last time I had to enter a license key... And it's certainly something I'm glad to be rid of. ;-) > Regards, > > Ramanan Regards, Benjamin - -- Benjamin Walkenhorst eMail: krylon@gmx.net homepage: http://www.krylon.de -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Public Key available at http://www.krylon.de iD8DBQE/R4tEoYumWdMvhMQRAgFAAJ9rw48d1zl8JIhjOu/UnurhbJ4G9QCdE6/o U8tQgtOuibMN3p/bcsjUsys= =A2eB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----