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To: advance_copy
Open Source = Commieware

How insulting... unlike communism, open source software actually works.

26 posted on 03/09/2007 12:11:15 PM PST by pnh102
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To: pnh102; advance_copy; slickeroo; Golden Eagle; Halfmanhalfamazing; N3WBI3; Echo Talon; ...

Originally stated:

^^^^^^^^^^Open Source = Commieware^^^^^^^^^

It was noted:

^^^^^^How insulting... unlike communism, open source software actually works.^^^^^^^^^

To further that notion, not only does OSS actually work, but nobody's forcing you to give your product away. Unlike communism.

It's(OSS) actually very capitalistic. If you want to give it away, you're highly foolish, but as an individual you have that right.

http://www.capitalism.org/
1. What is capitalism?
Capitalism is a social system based on the principle of individual rights.

That's the most simplistic yet accurate explanation of capitalism that I've ever seen. And it fits OSS fairly accurately.


48 posted on 03/09/2007 6:08:12 PM PST by Halfmanhalfamazing (Linux, the #2 OS. Mac, the #3 OS. That's why Picasa is on Linux and not Mac.)
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