X-IMail-SPAM-Connection Re: merchandise

[Eric Dunbar]

I'm sure you've had a million and one e-mails on your posts...

> And there are a lot of users who wish the team had chosen another name,
> simply because of the juvenile politics and social issue crap that go
> along with the name.  I don't want lefty politics and social feelgood on
> my desktop - I only want an outstanding OS, which Ubuntu is.  I like the
> linux and gnu philosophies, but beyond that I say leave it at home.

If you don't like the philosophy of the distro, then you don't have to
support it. Or do those
lefty-facist-Bush-and-Kerry-hating-French-and-Nader-loving-commies
have a gun to your head ;P.

> Saying you don't think CafeExpress should be used because they sell
> "right-wing political merchandise for $$" is absolutely ridiculous.

How is that any less ridiculous than your wanting a distro free of
politics? _All_ OSS comes with in-built politics, and my observations
suggest to me that the politics of OSS are by-and-large a form of
left-wing (and right-wing outside of the US) politics (power to the
people, down with corporate control, and all that jazz). By those
standards you should abandon OSS altogether since OSS is a political
creature.

Seriously though, unless you make it political, it's NOT. A distro is
a distro is a distro. BSD-, GNU-licence, whatever. What matters is
whether it does what you want, right? And, that's also what politics
comes down. Does your brand of politics happen to do what you want it
to? (chances are it doesn't, but that's a different story)

Eric.