[SGVLUG] Still shopping for school computers

[John E. Kreznar]

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In a posting purporting to be from Dan Kegel <dank at kegel.com> but
lacking a digital signature, it is written:

> On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 3:24 AM, John E. Kreznar <jek at ininx.com> wrote:
>>> It seems unlikely I'll be able to convince anyone to use Linux

>> Have you tried the argument that software that students are forbidden
>> to read has no place in a school?

> Remember, these guys all love Macs and PCs, and arguments like that
> are kind of in-your-face.  So an argument like that is a bit too
> confrontational for me.

So how could it be softened without sacrificing its essential truth?

The serious consequences are to the bright student who comes to
understand that the impressive functionality of the machine in front
of him is all the result of the machine instructions right there in
the machine, but who can't look at those instructions because of a
legal obstacle.

- -- 
 John E. Kreznar jek at ininx.com 9F1148454619A5F08550 705961A47CC541AFEF13
 To "reverse engineer" something is to come to comprehend it, so what a
EULA really does is to forbid comprehension.  For this they charge money?!

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