On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 04:32:47PM -0500, Paul Morgan wrote: > > Good point. And just because Bill Gates et. al have become hard-nosed > businessmen, it does not mean they are immoral. >
Microsoft played the exact same role in its origins v. IBM as Linux is now playing to Microsoft; the upstart, force for freedom. The PC was a freedom revolution against the glass house. That's one of the things that makes me feel squirelly and uncomfortable about open source; you always have to consider "who gains by this and what's their motivation". Any philosophy which cannot account for basic facts must have foundational weaknesses. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
