Comment 78 for bug 615300

quote:: Also if you can't see that a majority is against this, you must be delusional. ::quote

I wondered when the Ad Hominem argument would be used. The use of such argument is the recourse of thaose who have no argument.

quote:: It certainly is an affront to a majority of the people who are the most active (you know, the community), the people who are contributing the most to Ubuntu and whom Canonical is so dependent on. ::quote

No what we are seeing is the most vocal. Those who either don't care or think this is a great idea, are largely silent.

quote:: It was not flagging a idea, it was already implemented. ::quote

What a pity, the vocal minority torpedoed it.

quote:: Also, I find your reasoning about the difference between Ubuntu/Mac/Windows and how easy it would be to turn it off/on flawed.

That's not what the issue is here.
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But it is. If this wasn't Linux and free open source Software, the owners of the software, the licences.. Microsoft or Apple, would not have given you a choice. Would have made sure you could not remove it. It's because this is Linux and Free Software that even I, a normally quiet member of the community ( a member of the silent majority) gets to have a say on the matter. That is simply not possible in the context of Microsoft's Windows, or Apple's OSX.

quote::Following your argument Canonical could implement any change they want, no matter how bad, because it's Linux and Open Source?::quote

And because it's Linux and Free Open Source Software, the users have a strong voice. They can easily change to a different distribution (something I'm sure Canonical doesn't want), make loud and clear demands, which actually get listened to, as indeed the vocal majority is and has done here.

No sorry, your arguments are flawed they fail to see the whole picture, the best one you've put forward was the Ad Hominem.