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To: antiRepublicrat

Yes I believe in capitalism, not the socialized plan to move everyone to free software and destroy US software companies like “the father of free software” you endlessly defend. He wants us to pay a “software tax” instead, and quote “make proprietary software obsolete”, just like his followers.


38 posted on 08/14/2007 10:11:17 AM PDT by Golden Eagle
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To: Golden Eagle
Yes I believe in capitalism

Good, then quit making false claims that free software hurts the economy, because we have shown you numerous business built on, and profiting from, free software. Bill Gates was the one who made the software valuable in its own right. Until then it was all about the hardware. Thus in part the industry is returning to its roots.

He wants us to pay a “software tax”

What do you expect, he's a liberal. The rest of us want software to win on merit with a level playing field. The creator of Linux also wants this. We don't care what a leftist kook and his followers want.

and quote “make proprietary software obsolete”

If the market leads to that happening, then so be it. If you have a problem with that, then you have a problem with capitalism.

48 posted on 08/14/2007 11:18:54 AM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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