<http://www.linuxworld.com/story/33847.htm>
I like the principle, but what a load of twaddle!
Doug
(Just had to share it....)
Indeed. I reacted by sending off the following to the Editors of LinuxWorld. It will be interesting what reply I get back :-)
Dear Sir/Ms
In James Turner's article
"Is SCO Bad Not Just for Linux, But Also for America?"
July 21, 2003, http://www.linuxworld.com/story/33847.htm
he states ..."Linux (in spite of its Scandinavian origins) is a profoundly American idea. "
Linux is a product of an international group of programmers who have contributed to it for over a decade. The code and the ideas embodied in Linux of freedom, openness, the opportunity of all to contribute to it's development and for all to use it owes nothing to America. Americans have contibuted but no more so than others. Indeed most of who contributed to Linux would consider their contributions to be from themselves and their internet community than from their country of origin. America does not have a monopoly on the concepts of freedom.
It's disapointing to see such drivel written by the senior editor of LinuxWorld Magazine. I do hope that future articles are written more carefully.
Yours sincerely,
Michael Lake --
This thread is prob better for slug-chat.
-- Mike Lake Caver, Linux enthusiast and interested in anything technical.
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