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Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:37:36 +0530
From: "Pratul Kalia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [ilugd] Bill Gates got Windows 1.0 source-code from
trash-bin
To: "The Linux-Delhi mailing list" <[email protected]>
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>> First of all sorry for cross-posting the same query on so many lists.
>> I read somewhere couple of days ago that Bill Gates actually got his
>> source-code from some trash-bin or something like that or some part of
>> it.
>> Regards,
>> Shirish Agarwal
> I have to say this.
> THIS IS SICK.
Well to each own's interpretation.
> Please don't spam the mailing list with trash like this. I am really
> fed-up with all the Microsoft bashing that keeps spreading around. Why
> don't you contribute and support the F/OSS movement rather than pull
> out nonsense like this? Who actually cares if Bill Gates got the
> source from a trash bin, or from a 5 legged Martian?
How did you presume or assume that I don't contribute to the FOSS movement.
Who gave you the whole right to say its nonsense.
I sincerely and seriously believe that history teaches us lot about
values and the way things are.
For me this was news when Bill G. confesses he didn't pay for his
source-code when he preaches
others to pay as license-fees for a certain Operating System.
If I am advocating a certain value-notion to other people I need to
know what other value-systems and actions are happening. That's an
obligation I have to people to whom I am advocating a certain
value-system. Otherwise how do I tell to people why or how free
software not just the program but as a philosophy is needed. Why
having GPL or any of the copyleft licenses (may they be permissive or
reciprocal but is irrelevant to the topic here) are needed at all.
> I don't use F/OSS because commercial software (read: Windows) sucks. I
> use it because F/OSS is simply much more usable and leverages more
> power to me. The F/OSS movement never had such atrocities on its
> agenda, and I advise you to refrain from it also. Concentrate on the
> positive side.
I also use FOSS for pretty much the same reasons as well.
> PS: Bill Gates did not get the source code of Windows from a trash
> bin. Study legitimate computer history for proof.
hmmm.. I got the sources from a blog post which says about a bbc interview.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7464074.stm
While I haven't seen the full interview but if they cut that segment,
I'm sure one would find
the same somewhere or the other.
Also the notion of what is positive is still a mystery to me. Please
enlighten this poor soul
in the definition of a "positive side"
Looking forward to comments, suggestions, additions to the same.
> cheers
> pratul
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Regards,
Shirish Agarwal
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