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<body>> Kevanf1 wrote:<br>> > Ok, so he's done his jail time. If he's done his time then surely he<br>> > has now paid his price for the crime he committed.<br>> <br>> Well no, the jail time was only half of his punishment. The other half<br>> is five months home imprisonment, which I guess means that he has to<br>> submit himself to monitoring by the government, including where he goes<br>> (if he's allowed out), what he does, and how he uses his computer.<br>> <br>> > Nobody is saying<br>> > that what he did is wrong least of all me. I still say it is cruel<br>> > and unusual. Wouldn't you feel that it was cruel to be forced to use<br>> > Windows?<br>> <br>> Not really. It's not like the judge thought "ooh I see you like Linux,<br>> well I'm going to spoil your fun and make you use Windows". He's<br>> required by the terms of his sentence to run the monitoring program<br>> provided, and if he doesn't want to run it then I'm sure he's more than<br>> welcome to go back to jail.<br>> <br>> > Agreed he ought to be barred entirely from using a PC if<br>> > that is part of his punishment. However, the fact is he is allowed to<br>> > use a PC so he should also be allowed to choose the method of usage<br>> > i.e. the operating system. By being forced to only use Windows the<br>> > judge has put this person at risk of being a victim of other criminals<br>> > due to the insecure nature of Microsoft software.<br>> <br>> Okay I'm sorry but that's just FUD, and I think you're blowing the<br>> "dangers" of MS software waaaaay out of proportion ;-) Considering that<br>> the guy in question was running a bittorrent tracker site, I'm sure that<br>> he's more than technically capable of securing a Windows desktop PC.<br>> <br>> Chris<br>> - --<br><br><br>The only reason he will be out of jail is if he agreed to be monitored, if not he <br>would be finishing of his sentence in prison. Shame there is no linux compatible <br>monitoring software, but there is only one community that can start to alter that.<br>If he was that much of a FOSS advocate he would finish his sentence in jail as a protest... <br>(i know I wouldn't!!).<br>What if the guy was convicted of sharing pics of kids??<br><br>Nice one,<br><br>Jay <br><br /><hr />Email straight to your blog, upload jokes, photos and more. <a href='http://specials.uk.msn.com/spaces/default.aspx ' target='_new'>Windows Live Spaces, it's FREE!</a></body>
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