[ale] Linux--threatening the American way

[Wandered Inn]

"Glenn C. Lasher Jr." wrote:
> 
> Open-source software needs to be championed as protected free speech.
> 
> It could be argued that the open-source movement is communist: from each
> according to ability, to each according to need.  This crusade on the part
> of Microsquishie could therefore be painted as Neo-McCarthyism.

Actually, it's a revolution.  Any time a controlling party, whether it's
a government or a company, does not function for the better of the
community, the community will revolt.

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Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at denali.atlnet.com

"Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds.
The
latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to
hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his
intelligence."
- Albert Einstein
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