Freedom of choice should allow one to purchase the OS and install as preferred, within the license requirements. I&#39;ve been denied that individual right.  What freedoms are you referring to? M$ as a proprietary vendor give me the freedom to make choices on hardware, what choice do I have with MAC? A case of technology totalitarianism. <div>
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="&#39;Times New Roman&#39;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><b><br></b></span></font><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 2:02 PM, Ashok Hariharan <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:ashok@parliaments.info">ashok@parliaments.info</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 1:45 PM, aki <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:aki275@gmail.com" target="_blank">aki275@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
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Nope, am talking about those who are trying to tell the world about &quot;Open-ness&quot; while at the same time embracing &quot;closed-ness&quot;. :-)<div><div></div><div><div><br></div></div></div></blockquote>

<div><br></div></div><div>so its a &quot;moral&quot; issue ? well ... its freedom of choice ...whether you drink tap water or bottled water or both is upto you. i dont really care.</div></div>
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