From owner-freebsd-chat Fri May 15 09:22:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA20454 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Fri, 15 May 1998 09:22:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from stratos.net (pm3-5-8.stratos.net [207.86.133.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA20442 for ; Fri, 15 May 1998 09:22:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from drifter@stratos.net) From: drifter@stratos.net Received: from stratos.net (localhost.net [127.0.0.1]) by stratos.net (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA18556; Fri, 15 May 1998 12:20:07 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199805151620.MAA18556@stratos.net> To: Matthew Cashdollar cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, drifter@stratos.net Subject: Re: commercial software In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 15 May 1998 08:32:38 CDT." <19980515083238.A18132@rfcnet.com> Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 12:20:06 -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 15 May 1998 08:32:38 CDT, Matthew Cashdollar wrote: > [ I (drifter@stratos.nospam.net) wrote: ] >> Of course, Bill Gates is no Henry Ford. (And don't tell me computers >> give you more freedom than automobiles... I happened to be old-fashioned >> in this regard.) > >I certainly hope Bill Gates is no Henry Ford. Henry Ford was a supporter of >Nazism! He kept a picture of Adolf Hitler on his desk and sent Hitler a >birthday card every year!! > >(I'm not joking..) Oh, boy. Looks like Godwin's Law is being invoked. (The one that says that within three days of any post to USENET, the likelihood of comparisons to Nazis will approach 1... Except this is a mailing list.) Sorry I opened my mouth :) So, instead of Henry Ford, I'll try ... Lee Iacocca. Well, maybe not. But my point was, commercialism is not a bad thing. (Look at the alternatives!) I'm just not a big fan of Microsoft's OS and don't like it being forced on me. But I'd just think twice before getting Uncle Sam involved, that's all. There's gotta to be another way... Any ideas :) -drifter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message