Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on January 08, 2004 11:06 PM
"Be careful of making statements suggesting a product's usefulness, or effectiveness, is secondary to the political or philosophical movement surrounding it."
You wouldn't be American, by any chance?
You've missed the point. For a lot of people (particularly outside the US) openness in government (the ability of citizens to participate without being required to pay, and to hold their goverments accountable) is indeed more important than the effectiveness of a particular product.
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Re:Real products v. Philosophical byproducts
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on January 08, 2004 11:06 PMYou wouldn't be American, by any chance?
You've missed the point. For a lot of people (particularly outside the US) openness in government (the ability of citizens to participate without being required to pay, and to hold their goverments accountable) is indeed more important than the effectiveness of a particular product.
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