On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 09:37:03 -0500 Hoyt Bailey disseminated the following: > > "Imagine there's no Microsoft, it isn't hard to do; no DRM or > > viruses, and no closed source software too..." > I'm sure that you dont understand the extent of closed source software.
...oh, Hoyt, LIGHTEN UP. Anyhow, I understand it enough to know it is a rapidly failing development model, soon to be relegated to the scrapheap of history by more flexible, innovative and secure open source solutions, which is why so many of the big guys are making the foray into the OSS arena. They don't want to be left holding their nuts when the bottom falls out. But even more, as the man hisself said: "A non-free program is a predatory social system that keeps people in a state of domination and division, and uses the spoils to dominate more. It may seem like a profitable option to become one of the emperor's lieutenants, but ultimately the ethical thing to do is to resist the system and put an end to it." -- JoeHill RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 19:17:01 up 26 days, 19:01, 11 users, load average: 1.37, 1.30, 1.28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "The struggle between people and capital is now an epic struggle between life and death." -- Vandana Shiva, World Social Forum, January 16, 2004
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