Well, I think what's being missed here is that there's a difference between a market system and a political system. For example you can have a democratic commune, or a totalitarian commune, much like you can have a democratic free-market or a totalitarian one. The US isn't free-market by virtue of having things like a patent-system, and _huge_ government intervention. When I say Canada is semi-socialist, I mean in a way we are in a socialist system but, like all other forms of theoretical governments, the implementation is always radically different then the design, which brings us back to software ;-)
But, for those who are afraid of Palladium, just look at microsoft's track record, that should make you sleep better at night...did you actually think it was going to work? Jesse Kline a �crit: >It all depends on what scale your using. So your saying that we're >semi-socialist, so that would make the US what? Partially semi-socialist? When >you compare us to Adam Smiths vision of a free market economy, our looks pretty >centalized. I would call it communist, and I think the US has been run by a >bunch of communists for a long time now. I guess this is the product of a >post-communist, post-capitalist, hybrid sort of world. > >Jesse > >Quoting S�bastien Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >>Except for the fact that NAFTA says that Canada and Mexico must comply >>with US Copyright Law. And there's nothing communist about Canada, we >>are more of a semi-socialist country. >> >> >>Jesse Kline a �crit: >> >> >> >>>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 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > > >
