To: nickcarraway
The British BS Corporation does it again.
Fresh from broadcasting the vile Jerry Springer obscenity laced, Christ mocking filthfest, they turn their attention to what they are best at again, spewing out anti-American, anti US business propaganda.
This one goes straight to the garbage bin, to join all the other normal rubbish from the Baghdad Broadcasting Corporation.
To: nickcarraway
The drama between Open Source/Linux/Apache and proprietary licensed software like Microsoft very much parallels the more tangible battle of Marxism vs. Capitalism; government ownership of everything vs. private property rights.
The Mozilla.org logo very much is reminiscent of Communist China.
The cry "information just wants to be free" is at core an attack on intellectual property (private property) rights....
3 posted on
01/13/2005 1:13:56 AM PST by
The Spirit Of Allegiance
(REMEMBER THE ALGOREAMO--relentlessly DEMAND the TRUTH, like the Dems demand recounts!)
To: nickcarraway
Copyright law of 100 years ago was closer to original intent of our Constitution (which includes concepts of fair use and works lapsing into the public domain).
It was also freer (no royalties to record a song on record, no royalties to play a song on radio...). Cases went to the Supreme Court and these freedoms held. Eventually entertainers got the special legislation that they wanted.
4 posted on
01/13/2005 1:14:50 AM PST by
weegee
(WE FOUGHT ZOGBYISM November 2, 2004 - 60 Million Voters versus 60 Minutes - BUSH WINS!!!)
To: nickcarraway
As 10-to-20 million Americans dump Windows and switch to other platforms over the next couple of years, Microsoft will shift their marketing focus to China and other "emerging" and "developing" countries.
More than ever, Microsoft needs Commies, and Commies need Microsoft.
9 posted on
01/13/2005 1:59:06 AM PST by
HAL9000
(Spreading terrorist beheading propaganda videos is an Act of Treason!)
To: nickcarraway
32 posted on
01/13/2005 4:58:37 AM PST by
Bon mots
To: nickcarraway
To: nickcarraway
If these bottom feeders ever got their way, nothing of importance would ever be created again.
He is a commie, btw.
39 posted on
01/13/2005 6:40:36 AM PST by
Protagoras
(Real conservatives do not advocate government force to attain societal goals)
To: nickcarraway
42 posted on
01/13/2005 6:53:27 AM PST by
B Knotts
To: nickcarraway
67 posted on
01/13/2005 11:04:42 AM PST by
Fiddlstix
(This Tagline for sale. (Presented by TagLines R US))
To: nickcarraway
and those who oppose software patents, pose a serious danger to the US economy and Microsoft's profitability. There's a reason Bill thinks he's a communist. It's the same reason I think Mr. Ed was supposed to be a horse.
69 posted on
01/13/2005 11:08:25 AM PST by
Richard Kimball
(It was a joke. You know, humor. Like the funny kind. Only different.)
To: nickcarraway
Odd that someone that likes capitalism so much is a flaming liberal like his Dad.
76 posted on
01/13/2005 11:45:38 AM PST by
GraniteStateConservative
(...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
To: nickcarraway
Digital rights enforcement is already with us...
Not long ago, I tried playing a legally made DVD movie backup I have on XP and media player, and it refused to play it, saying it was an unauthorized copy.
I backup my DVDs rather than take the originals on the road with me.
Mark
78 posted on
01/13/2005 11:56:19 AM PST by
MarkL
(That which does not kill me, has made the last mistake it will ever make!)
To: nickcarraway
After working at MS for years and moving over to LAMP I am one happy guy and my pocket book is better and I show people what is happening and they pretty much have there jaws on the floor and there eyes buldging out of there sockets.
Nice payback is a b!tch MS
Happy Happy Joy Joy
116 posted on
01/13/2005 1:18:11 PM PST by
ezo4
To: nickcarraway
Those of us who remember the browser wars, when Microsoft used its market dominance to undermine Netscape, know just what he means. While certainly no expert in this field, I think the free market sorts this out. I switched from Netscape to IE simply because I go tired of the constant plugins I had to install in Netscape, and found IE a much better app. I don't recall anyone forcing me to choose IE over Netscape. Also, I got fed up with Windows XP and all its problems and switched to MAC. Seems to me if Microsoft dies some day it will be because of poor quality, not lawsuits.
227 posted on
01/20/2005 1:25:11 AM PST by
Casloy
To: nickcarraway
This is a very interesting and important issue. Thank-you for posting this article.
I believe the boundaries of private property and public property need to be clearly defined.
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