That's an extremely shallow opinion that misrepresents my position. I generally don't support open source, but if that's truely what you need you can use the American original, Unix, not the foreign clone Linux. That's what really sets you off, you've accused me of being xenophobic while you're mr. international. Fine if you want to be mr. international but as an American I prefer to use American products. And why would I want to use a cheap clone of anything, much less a cheap foreign clone of something originating from the US? Your xenophobic alarm bells are going off again I'm sure, but my preference for US products is good for America, is something I'm proud of, and if it makes you cringe more the better.
No, it's true. You were on a "Linux is foreign" kick again, then we told you that much of Linux is American. In response you went on a "Linux gives our technology to the enemy" kick. Then when reminded that BSD does the exact same thing with an even more permissive license you weaseled that BSD isn't useful enough for supercomputers and our enemies aren't using it anyway.
So now you appear to be of the opinion that it's better that American technology be given away ("but if that's truely what you need you can use the American original") than have foreigners come up with it themselves. But then NetBSD and OpenBSD were founded and are maintained by foreigners (especially the anti-war de Raadt).
Principles are great. Inconsistently applied principles are hypocrisy.
I generally don't support open source
That's fine, you're allowed your opinions. But be consistent.
And why would I want to use a cheap clone of anything, much less a cheap foreign clone of something originating from the US?
I wouldn't want to use a cheap clone, foreign or domestic, either. Now a high-speed clone is a different matter. I use a high-speed clone every day -- Mac OS X. I post this to a system running Linux. I get my mail from a Linux system.
but my preference for US products is good for America
Blind preference for American products almost killed our car industry. Banking on loyalty the industry got sloppy and produced a lot of garbage. It took competition (remember that capitalist term?) and a thorough trouncing by the Japanese to wake them up.
I might have known you'd be here.
Ben Franklin was a great American entrepreneur, and yet a few of his greatest inventions, that still impact our lives today in some way; that could have made him a very wealthy individual, he essentially open sourced; did not patent.
The Franklin Stove and the Lighting Rod. And I suppose BiFocals.
And yes, you are xenophobic. Your post scream it.
Gates and Balmer are sowing the seeds of their own demise, and sycophants such us yourself only serve to speed the process.
Keep going! Doing a great job! Don't stop!