Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on February 18, 2004 04:53 PM
DO YOU SEE ANY WORDS LIKE 'EVIL' HERE? Yes, this line a couple of rows down. "Despite these prevalent evils, "
"Proprietary software and patents are destroying society and innovation. "
We all have our beliefs, I too think patents and most of all the abuse of them is very damaging. I don't have any special views on proprietary software.
I'm not, however, saying that everyone disagreeing with me is evil and their work should be outlawed. That kind of ideas (to outlaw people with different ideas) is not compatible with basic democratic values.
"People who support prop. software are motivated by greed and power, and not caring about community as a whole."
Maybe you didn't notice the IT crash? Most people doing proprietary software do it to pay their bills I would suspect. I'm not in the business myself but I do know that it's difficult times just like for everyone else who do anything related to computers.
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Re:I'm sorry, but that remark is just too much.
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on February 18, 2004 04:53 PMYes, this line a couple of rows down.
"Despite these prevalent evils, "
"Proprietary software and patents are destroying society and innovation. "
We all have our beliefs, I too think patents and most of all the abuse of them is very damaging. I don't have any special views on proprietary software.
I'm not, however, saying that everyone disagreeing with me is evil and their work should be outlawed. That kind of ideas (to outlaw people with different ideas) is not compatible with basic democratic values.
"People who support prop. software are motivated by greed and power, and not caring about community as a whole."
Maybe you didn't notice the IT crash? Most people doing proprietary software do it to pay their bills I would suspect. I'm not in the business myself but I do know that it's difficult times just like for everyone else who do anything related to computers.
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