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Microsoft Blocks FSF Donation Website As a 'Gambling Site'
An anonymous reader writes "The FSF slammed Microsoft for categorizing donate.fsf.org website as a 'Gambling Site.' Corporate systems that use a Microsoft 'network security' program cannot access FSF donation website because of this and as a result, many people were unable to make donations. FSF has submitted a correction to Microsoft and they are now waiting for a response. However, John Sullivan warned corporate about Microsoft's proprietary network security programs."
I don't know why you say that, Microsoft have had an extremely good record supporting the installation of free software on their systems. Just look back at how easy they made it to install such common packages as the blaster virus, the chernobyl virus, conflicker, et al. Anyone who claims microsoft tries to stifle free software, hasn't really been looking at the facts.....
I don't know who makes the ban list that my company uses, but fedora's site is blocked, classified in the category "Tasteless". Other Linux distros' sites are fine.
I think someone has a sense of humor ;)
Rhetorical questions suck. Why ask a question if you don't want an answer?
Hi, I'm on the Microsoft firewall team. I'll explain what's going on.
First off I should say that the Free Software Foundation is in fact a type of gambling site seeing as how it can cause people to lose their sense of free market capitalism. Having free software means that for-profit software industries are losing money that would otherwise be spent on expensive and high quality software systems like Microsoft Windows. So yes the economy is losing money to free software just like gambler's lose money to the casino.
Microsoft also endeavors to protect children from obscene and immoral ideas that are related to socialism, like the free software movement. So yes, "free software" is among the words on our block list. Other dangerous words that we will protect children from are:
gun control
global warming
evolution
Noam Chomsky
Canada
medical marijuana
Green Peace
Al Jazeera
Julian Assange
Israeli Apartheid
corporate welfare
union
taxation
Digital Restrictions Management
public school teacher
anal probe
Ah, Bullwinkle, that trick never works.
You must be new here. What have you done with 30651? Is he ok? What are your demands?
I want this account deleted.
Well Ubuntu is the Fisher Price of Linux.
I concur that we should do everything in our power to protect our children from anal probe.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
"Whatcha ya laughin' aboot, eh?"
"You'll love this, someone mentioned Canada, eh."
"Ooh, ya, that's a good one, eh!"
Yes! Don't let children near priests!
Fighting for peace is like fucking for virginity
Yankee go home, eh? Don't come over here just fer cheap shoppin, meds and weed and then poke fun at us, eh? Lest we thump yer ass and burn the white house down agin, eh?
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