Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 05:18:36 +0100 From: "Mark Hughes" <mark@dvdnews.co.uk> To: "Bill Moran" <wmoran@iowna.com>, "Cynic" <cynic@mail.cz> Cc: "rootman" <rootman@xmission.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Ethics and nature (was Re: Justification for using FreeBSD) Message-ID: <034201c0f552$4865d310$0200a8c0@mark2> References: <01061417404103.00261@blackmirror.xmission.com> <3B294D78.2F1390E@iowna.com> <01061419302201.00346@blackmirror.xmission.com> <5.1.0.14.2.20010615053335.03f5dba0@mail.cz> <3B298A29.D6DF874D@iowna.com>
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> No. Because the M$ executives were taught in their business classes to > worship the almighty dollar. And they think that everyone else worships > it as well. It isn't Open Source that Microsoft is afraid of. [Warning > ... deeply philosophical statment ahead ...] It's the freedom open > source represents that ALL big business fear. [audience sits in stunned silence.....a lone person begins to cheer, then suddenly the whole room erupts into raptuous applause, a standing ovation for that man!] :+) seriously though, while I agree all businesses DO fear that freedom, there is more than one way of approaching it. The MS approach, to debunk and ridicule, should be sharply contrasted to that of IBM, for instance. While I'm sure IBM are also doing it because of the gain it will bring them, they are at least proof that you don't have to be de-constuctive (is that a word?) to be in business. Mark To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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