On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 12:49:56PM -0400, Dave Anderson wrote: > But, as I understand the issue, this is _not_ part of his specified > punishment -- it's just a side-effect of the manner in which the > government wants to impose a portion of his punishment. There appears > to be no real reason for it other than the government's convenience.
As I understand the issue, he agreed to have the goverment monitor all his computer activity. This requires that he run an operating system that will allow that. Does Ubuntu? I guess it's possible, and in that case it would be reasonable to request that the goverment monitor his current OS. Otherwise he needs to change OS or go back to jail. Wasn't that what he agreed to? I'm sorry to say that I suspect him to have known all the time that his parole officer would not be able to monitor his current system, and therefore had no intention to keep his side of the bargain. Emilio
