Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 09:59:50 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: computer viruses and proprietary software Message-ID: <20020121075950.GA13014@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <3C4BC64B.78DD86F7@mindspring.com> References: <20020120231531.GB976@hades.hell.gr> <3C4BC64B.78DD86F7@mindspring.com>
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On 2002-01-20 23:42:03, Terry Lambert wrote:
>
> I think this article is just another of those "everything
> would be so rosy, if only all software was Open Source" type
> articles that pop up every so often to try and sell the idea
> when someone balks at buying the GNU Manifesto, systems
> interoperability, or the other rationale used to sell Open
> Source to non-programming communities.
I do tend to agree, that this comes from a GNU fan, and is obviously
pro-GNU and against all commercial software. But, what I initially
disliked was not so much the open source comments, but comments like:
Behaving as a parasite, just like a government uses taxation
to live on the back of productive people.
or the generality of comments like:
Do not hesitate to do things that would otherwise be
considered as risky when you're pretty sure you can't be
watched; but conversely, don't take any risk that is made
wholly unnecessary because the desired effect is already
achieved.
Definitely an interesting reead, though.
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