Hi Reading the article, and thinking about it , this is not about the os or the platform, although it does have "positive" effects in that aspect as well. It is about content, and their springs into mind the old iron curtin, censorship, govt/corporate controlled media and the harassment and persecution of everyone who does not think, say, understand the way approved. And you know I know what i am talking about. It sounds more draconian then anything else. ... I may have already said too much, Mia culpa.
Szemir On Friday 20 September 2002 11:10, you wrote: > We are not in a communist country (ok, it's fairly communist but it could > be worse) which means that we have a free market economy. If AMD will only > let you run MS on all their chips (which I don't think is likely), then buy > Intel. The whole reason that the x86 market has done so well, is because > most components aren't controlled by a single vendor which promotes > competition (unlike the Apple world where you have to buy a genuine Apple > with their ROM chip to run their OS). If MS is successful in controlling > the hardware in the x86 world, I say great! I think the general use of RISC > chips is long overdue. The day that I cannot run Linux on my machine is not > the day I switch to MS, it's the day I go out and buy a PPC board. The > other thing is that law that the article was talking about would be a US > law, so here in Canada you should still be able to play all the MP3s that > you want. It will still be a "free" country as long as we have competition > and a choice of operating systems and hardware platforms. > > Jesse > > Quoting Trevor Lauder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Check out this link, all I can say is if this ever does materialize I am > > going to do everything in my power to protect my rights.... even if it > > means breaking this law. Is this democracy or communism? Last time I > > checked we lived in a free country. > > > > http://www.linuxandmain.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=232
