[Golden Eagle]

Linux is the end of the software and computer industries in the US. It will all be chinese made hardware and open source software dominated by Indian programmers.

Unfortunately true. I saw two different articles today about China - One said the number of internet users was skyrocketing and they are only behind the US now in total. The other said Hong Kong had the highest per capita of software and music piracy. They will slowly steal our technology, manufacturing processes, "intellectual property" etc and eventually begin to form their own seperate standards, unwilling to share their gains as we have shared ours. Maybe sooner than even I think, saw another article about a new Chinese wireless standard today that any wireless hardware built in China will have to conform to.

[oceanview]

they don't have to steal it, american tech CEOs are busy sending it over.

[ikka]

They will slowly steal our technology, manufacturing processes, "intellectual property" etc and eventually begin to form their own seperate standards, unwilling to share their gains as we have shared ours.

You spout the same moronic drivel on every Linux thread I have ever seen you on. Why don't you disclose, as you did before, that you own Microsoft stock?

And how exactly is giving away an operating system which has its roots in freely-available code that Bell Labs released 30 years ago giving away intellectual property?

[Salo]

So, what do you think about those American Patriots in Redmond donating your money to Patty Murray in Wash?