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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: Fri, 7 Mar 2025 02:09:12 -0000 (UTC)
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On Thu, 6 Mar 2025 20:27:52 -0500, CrudeSausage wrote:

> On 2025-03-06 6:34 p.m., Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>> 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?
> 
> Because my hatred of Apple is not as potent as yours.

Apple are well-known for their DEI policies. Wouldn’t you call them an 
example of a “woke” company? They even have a person of gender--one of 
those that President Musk is trying to get rid of--as their boss.