Re: Linux Kubuntu - You gota love it!
I'm one of the "they."
I would suggest that making Linux illegal in the US would be a close alignment with Microsoft's thinking. The only people it would hurt are the people who already agree with you about the need for alternatives.
Those of us who want ethical relations with others don't need your version of a seat warmer. We're just as committed as you are. We need your support, and a furtherance of the concept of human connection and responsibility, not an extension of factionalism and prejudice.
Ordinary citizens in the US have been taking exception to governmental actions since this pot of gumbo was first organized by a starving bunch of expatriate europeans tired of governmental restrictions, only a few generations back. Dissension and variation of opinion are not a new phenomenon here. And you sure can't encourage it by attempting to remove it . . . as a sort of didactic punishment.
Corporate greed is a multinational social disease. It doesn't stop at the US border. Look to your own country for signs of similar infection. They won't be hard to find no matter where you live. Nor will good people fighting for a good and responsible society, either.
Agreed 100%, but hey, wouldn't it be interesting to see the stink they would kick up if they weren't legally allowed to download and run Linux in the US?
That could light quite a fire under the patent systems' collective arses.
That could light quite a fire under the patent systems' collective arses.
I would suggest that making Linux illegal in the US would be a close alignment with Microsoft's thinking. The only people it would hurt are the people who already agree with you about the need for alternatives.
Those of us who want ethical relations with others don't need your version of a seat warmer. We're just as committed as you are. We need your support, and a furtherance of the concept of human connection and responsibility, not an extension of factionalism and prejudice.
Ordinary citizens in the US have been taking exception to governmental actions since this pot of gumbo was first organized by a starving bunch of expatriate europeans tired of governmental restrictions, only a few generations back. Dissension and variation of opinion are not a new phenomenon here. And you sure can't encourage it by attempting to remove it . . . as a sort of didactic punishment.
Corporate greed is a multinational social disease. It doesn't stop at the US border. Look to your own country for signs of similar infection. They won't be hard to find no matter where you live. Nor will good people fighting for a good and responsible society, either.
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