[KLUG Members] What makes Linux great?

[Jamie McCarthy]

Microsoft sees Linux as their second greatest threat.  The first
was the poor economy, so Linux may be #1 by this point.  The
point is that Linux is the target they're training their guns on.

Their stated intention is to make sure that no computers run Linux.
("Windows Everywhere" leaves little room for alternatives.)

They will do this by making sure your BIOS will only boot Windows:

http://slashdot.org/articles/03/11/28/195207.shtml

They will do this by making sure your CPU will only boot Windows:

http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/02/09/10/1514236.shtml
http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/02/09/21/1441231.shtml
http://slashdot.org/articles/03/01/14/1719220.shtml
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/33640.html
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/can-you-trust.html

They will do this by making sure your Linux applications cannot
interoperate with the applications the rest of the world uses:

http://slashdot.org/articles/03/09/02/1659244.shtml

And they will do this by marginalizing free operating systems with
their lies, to kill the hardware market for CPUs and BIOSes that
run Linux:

http://slashdot.org/articles/03/11/11/182250.shtml
http://slashdot.org/articles/03/11/12/2026218.shtml

If you enjoy using Linux, why would you help Microsoft kill it?
-- 
  Jamie McCarthy
 http://mccarthy.vg/
  jamie@mccarthy.vg