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[Warning: the following is pure opinion] I feel that this topic is getting into a very interesting subject (for me). That stated... I proceed. I am mostly part of the younger generation, so I thought I would give my observations, which tend to be more social than just saying "MS blows goats." I noticed that my generation has been put down a lot by the moral majority and political elite. We were told how worthless we would become, and how the older generation would dread they day they handed the world over to us. There was nothing we could say, no option. As a group, we had no power, our ideas rendered worthless by demeaning elders. But then came a way where we could gain power, a voice to be heard.=20 Through the anonymity of the net, we could be heard. We finally had an outlet through which we could effect the global society. Some took the responsibility well, learning all they could, others, perhaps through lack of experience, became greedy (black-hat hackers and script-kiddies). =20 We accepted anything that would pay attention to us. Open Source is something that we can accept and can be accepted into. Some say my generation lacks its "Vietnam". By that I believe they mean more of a social or philisophical conflict rather than an armed one. I believe they are also wrong. My generation is faced with a lot of social and philisophical decisions now that the world is becoming more of a global community. There is an entire generation of people with nothing to put thier energy into except sociopolitical commentary and action. Maybe I am a romantic idealist, but I think (and hope for) another philisophical revolution. It has been a long time since the world has seen one, and the net seems like a good catalyst. Seeing as how I am one of the youngest people on the list, I would really like to know what everyone thinks. =20 --=-WGuiQ5EYIKx9G+o1Hl8B Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA/ARK7adbUG229XJoRAo3LAKDD4SiGEtzlXYan+NFWm3bMgjQEYQCg1Psp NkwefumbIPPY+N6O2rWz+BQ= =IwnB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-WGuiQ5EYIKx9G+o1Hl8B--
