Court Orders man to ditch Linux and install Windows

[pctek]

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...o-windows.html

[R2x1]

That is a rather harsh punisment.
I suppose any repeat offending will put him in line for an iMac?

[KenESmith]

Surely that falls into the category of a cruel and inhuman punishment.

[beeswax34]

That is a rather harsh punisment.
I suppose any repeat offending will put him in line for an iMac?

I think the Geneva convention might have to say something about that. Cruel/Inhuman punishment and stripping away someone's dignity. They wouldn't even do that in the USA

[pctek]

That is a rather harsh punisment.
I suppose any repeat offending will put him in line for an iMac?

Yes, just think of the crime he'd have to commit to be inflicted with one of them.

[beeswax34]

Killing the President... Nope
Sodomizing the Constitution... Nope
Burning down Congress... Nope

You'd probably have to do all that down and take out the Pope before you even got close to being punished with a Mac

[winmacguy]

That is a rather harsh punisment.
I suppose any repeat offending will put him in line for an iMac?

Hardly, Linus Torvalds runs Linux on a G5 Power Mac

[R2x1]

I presume that is permissible in the privacy of his own home.
Why not - the Linux will not be harmed, and the Power Mac can only improve from the experience (Still won't be any use though.)

[R2x1]

Amazing isn't it? A few Apples out there, and all computers have to be micro-chipped.

[winmacguy]

Amazing isn't it? A few Apples out there, and all computers have to be micro-chipped.

Apparently the micro chip was Windows only.