[CentOS] Changes at Red Hat confouding CentOS

[Les Mikesell]

On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 12:00 PM,  <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote:
>>> In the UK, being dedicated to one's family means, among other things,
>>> finding ways to avoid buying most electronic devices.
>>
>> It just got worse here with the Kindle fire release.  Aside from being
>> a nice toy it will have an account attached for instant purchases from
>> Amazon.
>>
> Um, no. Not until I'm assured that it was pull *only*, and that Amazon
> COULD NOT PUSH...

Sure, you'll have to click the button.  But with virtually everything
in the world at your one-click fingertips (both downloadable content
and physical stuff, mostly with free delivery if you aren't familiar
with Amazon).

> or don't you remember them deleting 1984?

That wasn't censorship, it was correcting an error with appropriate
refunds.  I don't think they are particularly evil or controlling,
just very tempting.

> And $200 for a
> book reader?

That's a fantastic price for a color tablet - they are almost
certainly losing money on it.

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   Les Mikesell
     lesmikesell at gmail.com