On Monday 25 December 2006 08:24, Robert Smits wrote: > On Sunday 24 December 2006 23:32, Randall R Schulz wrote: > > ... > > > > Every paragraph of your reply except one mentions DRM! If you see > > the entire issue of open computing platforms as one and the same > > with DRM, then you're not going to be able to properly and > > comprehensively address issues of equal and open access to > > computing. > > Of course it's not only DRM! It's DRM, software patents, proprietary > software, copyright legislation and a whole host of things that have > the potential to really screw up the future. It's not going to go > away simply because you choose to ignore it.
I'm not ignoring it. > I'm optimistic that the world will see through these various schemes > to harness us all to the proprietary world, but we need to be paying > attention. I fear some of us are still comfortably asleep. How is that simple statement of optimism different than me saying I don't think Linux is in danger of being eradicated / exterminated / made extict / outlawed / whatever. > -- > Bob Smits Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
