The future of fortune(6)

[Dieter BSD]

So someone finds a quote of a democratically elected leader offensive.
And now some are attacking fortune with torches and pitchforks.
Let's throw out the baby with the bathwater.

Shall we throw out anything that anyone finds offensive?
I find a lot of things offensive.  Here are a few:

Censorship

Low quality products and services
Support for low quality products and services (inthell, microshit, ...)

Ignoring PRs for years and years and years and years...

Status reports that do not report progress (or lack thereof)
reducing the number of open PRs.

Replacing a working PR system with bugzilla

Dropping nuclear bombs on innocent civilians

Replacing a working package system with pile of garbage that does not work.
Naming the new pile of garbage that does not work the same as the previous
working system, which then "requires" adding another layer of crap that does
not work.

Cancer

Assuming that everyone has a reliable 24x7 ueberfast Internet connection.

Assuming that https is somehow better than http.  It may add a microscopic
amount of security, but also subtracts a far larger amount.  It is much
slower, and breaks many things.  Often the page will not load at all.
Honoring a request for https is good, but forcing it down everyone's
throat is evil.

Mainboard designers who think that 7 expansion slots should be enough for
anyone.  Many can't even count to 7.

Mainboard designers who think that RS-232 is no longer needed.

Mainboard designers who do not understand the necessity for ECC.

Closed source software, including firmware.

Building bike sheds with materials that require paint.
Proper bike sheds are built from things like stone or brick.