The version of sexism as I see it(and I'm guessing most people in the UK/western world) is sexism *is* an intentional chauvinistic attitude, http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sexism and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexism are the main things I am looking at right now. I can see that sexism may technically mean "the belief or attitude that one gender or sex is inferior to, less competent, or less valuable than the other", but this would mean that their intentions would be very important into determining what is meant. Using an emotionally charged word like that to describe someone without defining it would hurt most people, there is no reason to be surprised here.

I believe there might well be some bias in the FOSS world against women (although I've never encountered it due to working on fair few projects) and this should be rallied against (it's just foolish to be biased and helps noone, the project would suffer from fewer contributors), but labelling it sexism places it close to "women should be in the kitchen" thinking in my mind and is unproductive and will lead to defensiveness and even resentment from the male community for being labelled as such. It seems as if the author can't understand why someone might be hurt by being labelled a sexist.

In all, this doesn't seem to be very objective or useful reporting and is purely to get clicks and links onto his site and stir up some debate. In my opinion. :D

So does that mean we'll finally get Tron-esque glowing computer parts?! ..I'm guessing it depends on the energy level of the photons and the frequency they are released.. but please let them be a soothing blue :) In all seriousness, this sounds excellent, good job guys.

Ah yes because that is the sole thing I (and the 'average consumer') use my computer for, checking my email. I can see for a certain group of people #2 would be a fine choice, but I don't think that group is large enough to be considered the average consumer. Also it appears that the laptop + tether option's price isn't taken into account, it'd bring it broadly into line with #1s pricing.

To easily find out who your MP is and send an email, go to: http://www.writetothem.com/ It's actually amazingly useful, when I did it my MP replied directly to me, sent my email on to Gareth Thomas, Minister of State at the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform who sent me a lengthy response explaining the matter. This hopefully helped educate my MP as they had to do some research into copyright law, as well as ensuring they know it's on voters minds. Made me feel a little less powerless anyhow.