I think you would be hard-up to define the word “assumption” if challenged, let alone identify them in the original post. I further believe that you are even likely incapable of identifying my conclusions, let alone one that would be considered controversial in anything but its tone.

What you have demonstrated aptly, however, is the ability to throw wild accusations like hand grenades, and then attempt to claim your refusal to stand by your words is on the same moral plane alongside pacifism, rather than simple intellectual cowardice.

I don’t claim to be any more or less qualified than anyone else, but I can say at the least that I don’t tend to speak unless I’ve researched and analyze facts to back up my assertions.

Despite your implications on my character, however, I have no intention of instigating a drawn out argument with you; in my experience, those are tiring and rarely constructive, and you seem to have little patience for criticism in general.

Have a nice day, sir.

Since I never claimed to know anything about the story beyond the (extremely fluffy) article and what a few contributing members of Ubuntu had to say, and pretty much directly asked the question “what happened”, I figure the whole “I’m not omnipotent” thing would be implied. Congrats on passing your basic reading comprehension test! Go you!

So please, oh anti-social forum dweller, enlighten us as to the earth-shattering consequences of The Girl in Wisconsin Who Couldn’t Get Online…

If you can walk, drive, read, and use a computer, you have far better chances to get a good place in society than if you can’t. It may not be a good thing, but it’s true.

Claiming this is a case of “institutional discrimination” is offensive. A blond woman in Wisconsin does not have a right to her (albeit poorly-made, in this case) choice of computer system being supported, and claiming it is akin to missing curb cuts, or being denied entry because of race belittles those claims of discrimination.

This is very much about Ubuntu, and how it fits into the world at large: it’s about finding out what can be done to make the choice to use Ubuntu the best choice you can make, in every case.

As an aside, the University’s customer is society in general, and business in particular. Students are the raw materials.