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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Windows Is A Great OS ... If Your Time Is Worth Nothing
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2025 23:34:01 -0000 (UTC)
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On Thu, 6 Mar 2025 16:50:04 -0500, CrudeSausage wrote:

> On 2025-03-06 4:34 p.m., Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 6 Mar 2025 08:35:52 -0500, CrudeSausage wrote:
>> 
>>> On 2025-03-05 1:49 a.m., Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 3 Mar 2025 08:55:40 -0500, CrudeSausage wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Woke would be to ensure that everyone has the same
>>>>> computer today, regardless of whether they have the means to buy
>>>>> something better or not. In other words, both the rich and the poor
>>>>> would be running something like today's equivalent of a Commodore 64
>>>>> with no option to increase RAM or add accessories.
>>>>
>>>> So a Commodore 64 is “woke”, but, say, an Apple Iphone is not?
>>>
>>> I didn't say that the Commodore 64 was woke ...
>> 
>> But you did use it as an example of wokeness.
>> 
>> Would an Apple Iphone be something that non-woke people might use?
>> (Presumably by choice.)
> 
> The point here, again, is that the proponents of equity would force us 
> all to have the same device.

But why a Commodore 64 rather than an Apple Iphone?