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You're the one running around the discussion. All open source isn't evil, that's the stigma you guys have tried to stick on me forever. Nor do I only like Microsoft products, another one of your pigeonhole attempts that failed.

While I prefer if products are completely proprietary, obviously what actually matters the most is whether they are ultimately proprietary or not. Completely Free software, given to the ChiComms to legally duplicate infinitely, is insanity, and that is what I speak out against. Apple has nothing to do with anything like that, and actually can't even get their products to market over there because the of the flood of free software.

Free software is ok, in limited quantities, but not when they try to take over the market, as the creators of their licenses absolutely intend for them to do. That is the issue, and actually a quite reasonable position for me to take, but the rancorous free software freaks can't accept it, and shout names at me and other juvenile nonsense instead, LOL. It's really quite entertaining watching the meltdowns on here, I can do it right on cue with a few of you guys, poor little things don't even realize it.

..I can do it right on cue with a few of you guys, poor little things don't even realize it.

Actually it's rather apparent to this frequent lurker that your purpose is to hijack threads and take them off topic. Sort of like a one man denial of service attack.

The most interesting comment on the thread so far was the speculation about Dell rolling their own distribution.

All open source isn't evil, that's the stigma you guys have tried to stick on me forever.

The only real open source I remember you not framing as evil is BSD-licensed code. Of course that doesn't make any sense, as the Chinese can take that as readily as GPL licensed code. You just don't like GPL because businesses can't take the code without giving any improvements back. You want it free for business, but not for the rest of us.

Apple has nothing to do with anything like that

China can download and run Darwin for their supercomputers just as they can Linux. They'll mainly be missing the pretty Apple shell, but distributions usually come with X11 instead.

but not when they try to take over the market, as the creators of their licenses absolutely intend for them to do.

Everybody with a product wants it to take over the market. It's human nature to succeed.

You seem to equate all open source proponents with Stallman, when in fact his following is small. Most people side with Linus, since most people aren't flaming leftists.