C'mon Don -
Please don't get caustic. There is a difference between a mission and an
opinion.
I wish you luck in your mission of moving the leviathans.
I think this thread has in fact seen better days.
Jesse Sinaiko - Chicago, IL
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Consider this thread over. Please take it off-list if you wish to
continue it.
I think this thread has in fact seen better days.
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I just think it is the nature of the beast to eat everything that
it can reach and that in the end we are better off breaking these
outfits up into politically manageable pieces
Hi Jesse,
I think your concerns are much broader than the matter of corporate's
supporting OSS, and I would need
Jesse Sinaiko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It has been shown over and over again that the creative side of this stuff
has nothing to do with size. These outfits become as big and over-reaching
as they are in order to grab and hold market share; that is, to sell us lots
and lots of stuff, and to
Don -
Thanks for the thoughtful reply.
I really mischaracterized it when I said over and over that the big boys -
MS in particular - haven't done anything for me.
What I really meant...seriously, I should have spent more time talking about
what I believe is the hard-wired behavior of these
Friends:
To take this discussion a little away from Microsoft and OSS.
The Gatses are among the largest funders of public health and school
education programmes. Both of these can benefit a great deal if knowledge
flows freely and unfettered. Currently the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation
At the risk of sounding like a misinformed idiot, why?
They aren't doing much to support me. (snip)
Hi Jesse,
We seem to have some convergence of threads so I'll try to
keep on topic...
Far from misinformed your question inspires careful
thought. Why? - perhaps a variety of reasons. Maybe
There really isn't any point in me
continuing the 'Missing the point' thread when rational debate has gone
walkies.
Well said. Let's wrap this up. For those who have been a part of this
discussion, feel free to post a concluding thought, but please take any
new tacks or followups
thinks,
Mike
Michael F. Pitsch
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Subject: [DDN] bill gates transitions
hi DDN community -
that's quite some news
hi DDN community -
that's quite some news that bill gates will be stepping down from his full
time job at microsoft. i was totally surprised to hear that he has also
accepted an entry level position at red hat.
considering the overwhelmingly dominant role microsoft has played in
computers
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