Re: The Ubuntu issues

On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 02:02:21PM +1300, Tonic Artos wrote:
> The shopping lens isn't spyware, malware, or anything like that. It is
> merely functionality that blurs traditional boundaries between an area of
> computing we consider to be private (our windowing environment) and public
> (the Internet). Ubuntu's competition is also increasingly moving down this
> path to the online, Internet integrated desktop and I conjecture that this,
> for much of the public, is a desirable thing because the computer is often
> primarily a gateway to commerce, communication, and entertainment on the
> Internet.

That's fine, as long as it's an *OPT-IN* feature. (Would you like me to
hassle you to buy double glazing, and then get you to jump through hoops so
that you don't get bothered anymore? HINT, if someone wants double
glazing they will certailnly hunt a supplier out themselves.)

P.S. This is NOT a personal attack. 

-- 
"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people
who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the 
oppressing." --- Malcolm X

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