--- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Good points John. However, I disagree that "the
> downfall of M$" has ever
> been a goal of the open source community.

Ah, you are correct. Then let me clarify myself: the
downfall of M$ has been and still is the goal of
certain sub-groups of the free and open-source
software community (/. for one).

> Rather,
> the goal of the open
> source community has always been simply the free
> exchange of code and ideas.

Agreed and as it should be.

> Now, that is not to say that there aren't those that
> would enjoy or that
> even actively encourage a defeat of Microsoft, but I
> would characterize that
> as a goal of the community.
> 

You mean "would not characterize", right?

> Welcome to the dark side John.

Gulp. The Force is strong here. Is that Bill Gates in
a big, dark helmet?

John

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