That is a really interesting analogy. Thanks. Stephen
On Sat, 2005-07-16 at 23:30 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sat, Jul 16, 2005 at 09:35:37PM -0600, Michael Torrie wrote: > > On Sat, 2005-07-16 at 20:04 -0600, Stephen Shaw wrote: > > > I'm writing a paper for my ethics and values class at UVSC and my topic > > > is Linux. The approach that I'm taking is Open Source: Restoring > > > Freedom. The idea is that Microsoft has stolen our freedom to choose > > > and that with all the things that surround Linux and the Open Source > > > community we regain that freedom of choose. ie apps, OS, etc. I was > > > wondering what others thought about this. > > A couple people here have already heard this, but my dad made an > interesting observation one day when I was trying to explain the idea of > OSS to him. he compared what software companies have done with patents > to the patenting of medical procedures (which has happened recently), > and then compared proprietary software with doctors who discover > revolutionary ways of treating patients, and then refuse to disclose the > methods with other doctors, because they want to be the only ones who > know it. I thought it was an interesting and somewhat powerful > analogy... > > .===================================. > | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | > | Don't Fear the Penguin. | > | IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | > `===================================' .===================================. | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | | Don't Fear the Penguin. | | IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | `==================================='
