[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> You know, I am really not a Linux zealot. I really don't care if you use
> Linux or not. FreeBSD is fine by me. Heck, so are proprietary operating
> systems like MacOS X and eCommStation 1.0 (basically, OS/2 5.0, but now
> rechristened and marketed by someone other than IBM, a little late in the
> game). I am not a Richard Stallman devotee and I really have no problem
> with the concept of intellectual property. What I *DO* have a problem with
> is one very monopolistic, very rich, very greedy company trying to control
> the global exchange of information, and in effect, have tremendous power
> over us all. Uncle Bill as Big Brother *bothers* me.
Ditto, twice over.
> If you care about
> your freedom, your privacy, and real competition and innovation, PLEASE
> boycott Microsoft any way you can. The corporate state has no attraction
> for me at all.
Not much I -can- do. I don't use Windows at all but I may soon
be forced to because my hands are deteriorating and the Linux
voice rec software is not up to scratch yet :(
bekj
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