____/ Rick on Friday 28 December 2007 15:39 : \____
> On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 10:26:11 -0500, Dusty Hendrix wrote:
>
>> "Linonut" <linonut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:rr8dj.53896$L%6.12109@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/microsoft.html
>>>
>>> Secrecy and patents do threaten free software. They have obstructed
>>> us greatly in the past, and we must expect they will do so even more
>>> in the future. But this is no different from what was going to happen
>>> even if Microsoft had never noticed us. The only real significance of
>>> the 'Halloween documents' is that Microsoft seems to think that the
>>> GNU/Linux system has the potential for great success.
>>>
>>> Thank you, Microsoft, and please get out of the way.
>>
>>
>> I see that the author is so proud of his work that the coward wouldn't
>> even put his name on this crap. My guess is that calling successful
>> multi-national companies "Satan" works well to wind up those who already
>> drank the kool-aid but it doesn't do much to convert normal people who
>> don't take such radical positions.
>
> Actually, he is calling a company that has violated anti-competition laws
> on a least 2 continents, and used every means fair or foul to stifle
> competition Satan.
It's not a company, it's an authority. Who do you think runs the government?
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