melvin

Then he should accept the money, and turn around and use it to fund a foundation that upholds the principles he respects.

That's what I've been wondering for a while. I've cringed my whole life when people say "I'm not good with computers..." or display fundamental misunderstandings. However, that made more sense when the average person didn't use a computer as part of daily life. Now that they do, I thought this would subside... instead, it's gotten worse, and we have legislators who are barely at the "You've Got Mail" stage making critically important decisions about the internet, software patents, and so on. Every day I deal with people who have businesses based on the internet, but don't understand what an IP address, a pixel, or a server is.

Personally, I use 4 different browsers at once when I'm on my Mac. Aside from the interfaces, I can't tell much of a difference between any of them. Sadly, I must admit that Firefox on the Mac is a bit lacking in polish.

It's impossible to block open source software exports. Anyone in the entire world can download anything from anywhere; an attempt to block by country reflects a lack of understanding of how the internet works.

Blocking export of closed source/commercial software is more realistic, but still, the targets can always pirate or obtain what they want through a third party.

I don't understand, do you mean there's something wrong with the name 'Kate' (KDE Advanced text Editor), that the appearance and conduct Kate developers are not professional, or that there is something unprofessional about the program?

Sadly, Notepad++ has never been the most professional project out there. It's decent, though I tend to think people who are obsessed with it need to back away from Windows for a second and try Kate.

So, I think this might illustrate that high on their features list should be 'English Spellcheck'.

I agree, it's a law and they're following it. Sourceforge and Google are not responsible for that.

As far as North Korea, um... so, when the US kills 25 Afghans at a wedding ("oops! my video-game like predator drone readout made it look like they were definitely terrorists") what does that mean? I guess France should stop exporting Notepad++ to the US. Correct?

No, the issue is whether 'exporting' a text editor to N. Korea would REALLY make any difference. Perhaps the clueless, bribed, caviar-stuffed and prostitute-sucked morons in Congress think so, but most of them can hardly even send an email.