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Re:Reasons not to use (i.e., be used by) Facebook by Gorgor on Sunday June 26, 2016 @02:58PM (#11982097)
Democrap and the like are simply derogatory terms. And so are abbreviations like M$ for Microsoft or the German term Windoof (could be translated as Windumb) for Windows. But this is not the kind of terms Stallman uses.

Instead, he usually tells you why he uses a specific term and I have yet to come across a case where he doesn't have a point with his term. Microsoft can be regarded as „Malware“, because it does things you do not expect and may not want it to do (like spy on you). Facebook users can be regarded as used, even though I don't think there is any point in denying that they themselves use Facebook, as well. I'm not educated enough to talk about DRM, but it seems he has a point in calling it Digital Restrictions Management, too.

If I'm not mistaken, Stallman now actually prefers the term libre to the term free, because it is less ambiguous. Or he sees the value in it; I don't recall it exactly.

Re:Reasons not to use (i.e., be used by) Facebook by Arnavion on Sunday June 26, 2016 @04:08PM (#11982436)
>But this is not the kind of terms Stallman uses.

https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/FAQ.html#windows_woe32

>What does Woe32 mean?

>“Woe32” denotes the Windows 32-bit operating systems for x86: Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista and Windows 95/98/ME. Microsoft uses the term “Win32” to denote these; this is a psychological trick in order to make everyone believe that these OSes are a “win” for the user. However, for most users and developers, they are a source of woes, which is why I call them “Woe32”.

Re:Reasons not to use (i.e., be used by) Facebook by Gorgor on Sunday June 26, 2016 @06:46PM (#11983174)
Good find. I didn't know about that one.
Re:Reasons not to use (i.e., be used by) Facebook by jonathankoren on Sunday June 26, 2016 @09:30PM (#11983726)
Infamously MS Windows bindings for emacs are are prefaced "w32-" instead of the standard "win32-" because RMS decreed "Windows is not a 'winning' platform."
Re:Reasons not to use (i.e., be used by) Facebook by GFK_of_xmaspast on Sunday June 26, 2016 @05:46PM (#11982915)
Back in the day, "MS-DOS" used to always be "MS-DOG" and you can still find references to that: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/MS... and as late as 2014 it was still there in emacs: http://osdir.com/ml/emacs-diffs-gnu/2014-08/msg00048.html