Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on October 08, 2005 04:38 AM
Sounds like "Citizens Against Government Waste" is populated by idiots.
On the contrary, it's got some smart people. Your mistake is your assumption that it cares about the public good.
Presumably there is some flow of $$ from Microsoft to CAGW, or to some of its influential members. Some day, you will realize that there are people who are motivated by $, not by altruism.
The biggest make the Free Software community makes is underestimating the opposition. Our opponents may be extremely selfish, self-centered, they may be liars, even criminals; but they are not, repeat NOT, stupid.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on October 08, 2005 04:38 AMOn the contrary, it's got some smart people. Your mistake is your assumption that it cares about the public good.
Presumably there is some flow of $$ from Microsoft to CAGW, or to some of its influential members. Some day, you will realize that there are people who are motivated by $, not by altruism.
The biggest make the Free Software community makes is underestimating the opposition. Our opponents may be extremely selfish, self-centered, they may be liars, even criminals; but they are not, repeat NOT, stupid.
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