On Wednesday 15 August 2001 21:44, Michael Heldebrant pronounced: > On 15 Aug 2001 19:48:49 -0500, W. Paul Mills wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Randy Reames) writes: > > > > > I seriously doubt Linux or Open Source will be ever outlawed. No > > > matter what MS does. Too many companies rely on it (whether they > > > admit it or not). Hotmail is still full of FreeBSD machines. > > > Besides even Hollywood, one of the biggest industries in the US is > > > converting. > > > > > > http://news.excite.com/news/r/010814/21/tech-linux-hollywood > > > > > > Sure the home desktops and office servers run Windows, but where it > > > counts its either Linux or Unix, and with the slump in the hi-tech > > > industry - proprietary, expensive Unix's are being replaced with Linux. > > > > > > $.02 > > > > > > Even the US Postal Service uses Linux ;-) > > My prediction is that Linux will be outlawed in 3 years as a system > which is legaly declared as "primarily" for copyright circumvention. > Just wait until MS buys their way out of the lawsuit with the > republicans. MS will then continue to erode their own users rights in > favor of the DVDCCA, RIAA and MPAA and whine that linux should be forced > to as well. I doubt Linux will be implementing these mandatory > copyright controls and other bunk. Hence 3 years from now the DMCA (I'm > sure with additional resitrictive changes) will make us all criminals. > I think we should all move offshore now really. I really hope it > doesn't happen but I can certainly see it. > > --mike >
1984?? certainly, mega$#!+ would like for us to believe that. and spreads fud, despair, and hopelessness to the unassimilated. (see os/2 and the cooperation provided by ibm!) but handwringing is not for me. linux is here to stay - that is, until a better linux comes along. more likely what will happen in three years is mega$#!+ will learn to play with linux, *or* they will be assimulated! the latter is my goal! -- regards, allen wayne best, esq "your friendly neighborhood rambler owner" "my rambler will go from 0 to 105" Current date: 21:50:21::227:2001 Living a mega$#!+ (clean) life!
