[Wolves] Forced to ditch Linux

[Adam Sweet]

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

> James,
> 
> Just a heads-up - don't know whether it was your mail client or a server
> it passed through on the way, but something's mangling your email
> somewhere down the line :-)

Looks ok here using Thunderbird and Yahoo, both on Linux. I used to get
this a lot with Hotmail users though.

Regards,

Adam Sweet

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