"... The evening arrived; the boys took their places. The master, in his cook's uniform, stationed himself at the copper; his pauper assistants ranged themselv

"... The evening arrived; the boys took their places. The master, in his cook's uniform, stationed himself at the copper; his pauper assistants ranged themselves behind him; the gruel was served out; and a long grace was said over the short commons. The gruel disappeared; the boys whispered each other, and winked at Oliver; while his next neighbors nudged him. Child as he was, he was desperate with hunger, and reckless with misery. He rose from the table; and advancing to the master, basin and spoon in hand, said: somewhat alarmed at his own temerity: 'Please, sir, I want some more.' ..." ~ http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext96/olivr11.txt http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext96/olivr11.txt In other words attack Tims poor stand on "software as a service" doing everyone a disservice as software might again slip into hands of Dickensian like masters where users are reduced to begging for permission to access to fix a piece of buggy software critical to their business and communication. See 'Eben Moglen' challenge for Tim ~ http://www.linux.com/feature/118201 http://www.linux.com/feature/118201 "... Let's not turn this into digg, shall we? ..." ie: Meaning no 'argumentum ad hominem' attacks on every Tim, Dick or Jane. Go for the ideas, not the man ~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem