> I'm sorry for starting the thread that implied "to deprive the MS AND PhD
> people the respect that goes with their titles". I merely want to state
> that in the open source world I live in, "respect" is given to one not
> because of one's title but because of one's work. Not merely by the sheer
> technical genius that went behind it, but by more real world values like
> public acceptance and usage to name a few. You can create a 200 volume
> thesis on some obscure scientific fact that no one really cares about and
> get your PhD, but in my book and most others, that amounts to squat,
> zilch, zip. But create an application like napster that turns around an
> industry by giving back to the consumer his power to do whatever
> he wants with his purchase.. That to me is respectable no matter how
> controversial it may be.
i doubt napster would be a good example. remember mp3? they used to be
free for a few years, and what now? the patent holders are actually getting
people who use mp3 to pay up. i really question their intentions, although
it's not bad to use 'em. i mean maybe one of these days, they'd be just
like MS busting everybody else who's not paying up.
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