On Wed, 1 May 2002 22:35:24 -0500
Dennis Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Wednesday 01 May 2002 06:35 pm, you wrote:
> > On Thu, 2 May 2002 00:52:47 +0300
> >
> > Robin Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 01 May 2002 21:45, Myers, Dennis R NWO wrote:
> > > [snip]
> > >
> > > > I too agree. If I buy a car and drive it till it is rust, I can remove
> > > > engine transmission, seats and what ever else is salvageable and sell
> > > > them individually. They were part of an integral package to begin with,
> > > > but I still can sell off the pieces. Heck, I could sell of the pieces
> > > > two days after I bought it brand new, and put some other engine in it.
> > > > What makes Windows so special? M$ is as arrogant as any company ever in
> > > > existance. My $.02
> > >
> > > Not quite.  Back in the 18th and 19th centuries there was the East India
> > > Company, which successfully colonised most of the Indian subcontinent,
> > > and was only absorbed into the British Empire after a mutiny of its
> > > native soldiers resutled in unspeakable carnage. Presumably the moral is
> > > that Microsoft should merge with the American government to create MSUSA.
> > >
> > > Sir Robin
> >
> > not long ago i posted something like "it's not hard to imagine
> > US turning into an empire anymore" .. i was talking about something like
> > that..
> >
> > was i THAT smoked? ;oP
> >
> > Damian
> No, but the whole thing is scaring me. Serfdom was not a good thing and still 
> isn't.  I would never want to be a drone bee either.  But it does seem like 
> corporate America is buying independent America.  Stay vigilante and write 
> your congressmen.  Maybe linux will save us from ourselves too.

i do not live in the US. however i found this mailing list very informative on 
many other topics besides "how to use linux", and i AM concerned about what's 
going on there. 

i can't believe, the incredibly small amount of people complaining about it, compared 
to
what  M$ is trying to do to you people!  money sure is a powerful ally...

maybe even more powerful than the force, may it be with you.

Damian

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