On 07-Feb-07, at 3:42 PM, Anupam Jain wrote: >> M$ ideology is exactly opposite of Linux ideology, so its like >> Smirnoff >> sponsoring the Alcoholics Anonymous meet. > > Except that Smirnoff is in the Alcoholic drinks business which is 'by > definition' opposed to an AA meet's purpose. Where as Microsoft is in > the software business, just like the FOSS fellows. Microsoft > sponsoring the LA event is NOT the same as Smirnoff sponsoring an AA > meet.
and there lies the problem - microsoft is in the software business buying and selling software as a commodity. FOSS fellows are *not* in the software business and do not buy and sell software as a commodity. In fact we oppose treating software as a commodity and hold that doing so is the biggest danger to the development of software. So the analogy is exact. -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
