I bet the author doesn't actually know the last time
the USPS was subsidized; he just off-handedly argues
we shouldn't subsidize it more. (clue: no taxpayer
dollars since it was spun off as quasi-governmental)
I don't know if it's anyone else's motivation, but developers should have machines that approximate the machine of their software's customer base. Otherwise what runs OK on a developer machine can be painful to use out in the field.