Belinda is concerned

[Rick Tomaschuk]

We have to have the opportunity to make some money somewhere...
RickT

On 16 Mar 2004 at 16:21, Michael Wilson wrote:

> The OpenSource philosophy is a great example of a
> global partnership, but I dont think it will last
> forever. Its like in the article someone posted a link
> too on the BBC website last week; Opensource is being
> challenged in the courts now and it is most likely
> that some hybrid of Opensource and proprietary
> software will emerge. Lets face it, Opensource does
> fly in the face of capitalism, however great it is.
> 
>  --- SRB <srb-s8PdfxpoPdHk1uMJSBkQmQ at public.gmane.org> wrote: > That is why my
> belief is that Opensource
> > "philosophy" needs to grow and not
> > get devoured by the greed that exists in ourselves
> > and subsequently in our
> > societies. Linux is more than an OS to me. It is an
> > example of global
> > cooperation.
> > 
> > Cheers.
> > 
> > -Steve.
> > 
> > > I would, but we only get chances every 4 years (or
> > whatever) to do
> > > something about it. And the fact that my vote gets
> > watered down by every
> > > moron out there who only cares about their own
> > back yard or issue
> > > bothers me. Democracy = tyranny of the majority.
> > >
> > > Cops are busting people for smoking weed or
> > stealing chocolate bars when
> > > we have thieves running alot of our institutions
> > and corporations. We
> > > have idiots tearing down an re-erecting children's
> > play grounds based on
> > > specious evidence, yet our armed forces has to
> > borrow batteries from
> > > other militaries for our planes to fly. The
> > governor general (why does
> > > that office exist anymore?) lives in a nice, big
> > fancy house and there's
> > > potholes on my street. We buy a piece of shit
> > submarine off the British
> > > that breaks down partway across the Atlantic ocean
> > after being shipped,
> > > yet hospital beds are being closed and ER waits
> > are too long.
> > >
> > > We're spending OUR money feeding and medicating
> > people in other
> > > countries, yet our own native peoples get fucked
> > over and people
> > > downtown (the legit ones) are begging for
> > something to eat. People need
> > > housing, yet how many empty lots are there
> > downtown with nothing being
> > > built on them? How 'bout we fix our country first
> > before shipping cash
> > > overseas? People will send all kinds of money to
> > the JDF or whatever
> > > ethnic organization, yet they could take that
> > money, buy a picnic table
> > > and some sandwiches, and feed local hungry kids,
> > or sponsor food banks.
> > > I gotta haul my 6 year old VW into the shop every
> > 2 years for the 'Drive
> > > Clean' program even though I keep it in great
> > shape, yet I see thousands
> > > and thousands of shitty old cars spewing fumes all
> > over the place or
> > > dripping oil, and rigs belching smoke into the
> > air.
> > >
> > > Honestly, I believe things (almost the whole world
> > over) are too far
> > > gone to fix, and that the whole rotten, odious
> > machine needs to be torn
> > > down to the ground and built up again, and this
> > time built properly. We
> > > need an apocalypse to thin out the herds and kill
> > off the stupid, unfit
> > > and greedy people. And the fat unhealthy ones too.
> > 
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