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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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To: antiRepublicrat
we have shown you numerous business built on, and profiting from, free software.

ROFL no you didn't, you claimed Linksys which has barely used Linux in their product lines and the 1 part number that had it the 54G has been replaced with vxworks! How much more deceiving could youu be, stay tuned and we'll find out LOL.

If you have a problem with that, then you have a problem with capitalism

No I have a problem with foreign clones designed to steal business from US companies, and the leftist whackos that want to replace those companies with a software tax. You calling that "capitalism" is a perfect example of your absurdity.

49 posted on 08/14/2007 11:33:03 AM PDT by Golden Eagle
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