Convulsions at Robert Pogson

Addicts who overdose on drugs often die in convulsions brought on by the effects on the brain.

A PC maker in the USA has decided to help out M$’s customers who buy high-end PCs with Vista to upgrade to 7, That is decent of them. The business eats $200 or so and the end-user pays the freight. That is a high cost for maintaining the addiction. It is good PR and stimulates business in a down economy but the end-user could:

buy a PC with Free Software installed,
visit Goodbye-microsoft.com and solve the problem in minutes forever and for free, or
download a CD from Debian and do it in a slower but still fun way or
read about Debian GNU/Linux, or
RTFM.

Those all look like better options to me. Break the chains that bind you to your abuser. Avoid convulsions/contortions induced by the puppet masters. Be free. Use Free Software.

My Mission

My observations and opinions about IT are based on 40 years of use in science and technology and lately, in education. I like IT that is fast, cost-effective and reliable. I do not care whether my solution is the same as yours. I like to think for myself.

My first use of GNU/Linux in 2001 was so remarkably better than what I had been using, I feel it is important work to share GNU/Linux with the world. I have been blessed by working in schools where students and school systems have benefited by good, modular software easily installed in most systems.

I have shown GNU/Linux to thousands of students and hundreds of teachers over the years and will continue in some way doing that until I die in spite of the opposition.