"Russ P." <russ.paie...@gmail.com> writes: > Imagine a person who repairs computers. He is really annoyed that he > constantly has to remove the cover to get at the guts of the computer. > So he insists that computers cases should be made without covers.
Poor analogy. He gets fed up that the computers he's meant to be servicing are arriving in sealed containers which require specialist tools to open. > After all, manufacturers put covers on computers only because they > don't trust us and think we're too "stupid" to safely handle an > uncovered computer box. It's more to do with keeping dust out, keeping air circulating, and keeping fingers away from sharp edges. Fortunately most computers are actually shipped in cases one can remove easily, using household tools -- or even no tools at all. Why, anyone would think that you were supposed to be able to grub about in there! > That is logically equivalent to your position on enforced access > restrictions in software. It is now that I've fixed it. -- [mdw] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
