Does PITA know about this? /ducks and covers

The guys pushing this have R's next to their names.

Perhaps because the Senator who proposed the amendment to Senate Bill 137 is a republican? Or that the two cosponsors are also republicans? (Senators Patton, Balderson and Hite)

I'm not necessarily agreeing or disagreeing with your overall statement but a quick check on the linked article and the bill itself makes it obvious that the republicans are the ones going to bat for the existing dealerships.

in this case it seems that free market = freedom to collect campaign funding from the market.

Doh! You're are correct sir. Can't believe I forgot that, I certainly saw the teabagger troll enough in it's heyday.

I hoped they paid their $600 per workstation licensing fees!

Apparently on /. modding ZorinLynx flamebait.

I don't get that, I see nothing but observed truth in that comment. Oh well, trolls gonna troll I guess.

Cows and Pigs are farmed and raised specifically for food. Until the Japanese start using domestication processes that ensure the survival of dolphins for many generations to come I don't really care which animal is more intelligent. I worry more about extinction - we've put measures in place to ensure the long term survival of cows and pigs, dolphins, not so much.

I noticed that too... Right after I hit submit on my post! :-)

The third hit when I searched for Debian 8 was this:

Kind of validates the GP's comment...

* emphasis mine...

To be fair it wasn't TFA article either.

Or should I say Kapla?

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They have a long term release - it's called Red Hat.

Evangelicals have never really cared for the Pope for the most part. Or anything Catholic for that matter.