A High Court is not the highest court in the UK, that would be the Supreme Court, I believe, although I'm not a lawyer.

And I'm not sure what you mean by "It's not really making piracy *more illegal* is it?". Things can't really be more or less illegal, just more or less severely punished, but I don't think this ruling is about piracy as such, only things that could be used _for_ piracy.

And those of us in Unamerica think it's great news...

I, for one, welcome this news, I've read a lot about Chinese companies using open source software, for example I would love to get my hands on a Debian-running Loongson, but this is the first time I've heard about them giving back to the community.

I wonder if they're hiring native English speakers who can't speak Chinese to help them with community relations? :>
That's a job I'd love to have.

Mod parent +1 redundant.

I also don't use Facebook, nor own a television. But that's simply because I have no friends or money.

I don't really see why Ubuntu, or some other distro, shouldn't try to be like Windows.

Sure, I wouldn't use it, but isn't that the point of Linux? It can be anything that you want an operating system to be.

Why is this flamebait? Other than the incorrect use of an apostrophe it's spot on.

I get hideously confused installing anything on OS X, and don't even dare try on Windows, whereas Linux package managers are incredibly simple.
And before anyone says "That's because you're a 1337 Linux user and you can't understand normal people", I'm definitely not, I'm an idiot.

Although, I do have problems understanding other people...

In some countries.

Your sig says "Has started using digg for tech news and so far, it's about the same quality as slashdot news".

Is this a warning or a recommendation?

You Sir, are naive. :)

Yeah, the chance of someone breaking your wife while using her is much smaller.

Is your name ironic? :)

Well, honestly, I'd rather take Microsoft's money than yours, especially if I then spent that money producing good hardware that worked great with Linux... *shrugs*

I just bought an Asus(X59GL) with windows, I would've much preferred to buy one with Linux but it was actually 80GBP cheaper with the windows tax, I guess that I'll spend "ethically" when I've got more money.

Seriously, stop being sensible on Slashdot, you're spoiling it for the rest of us..