__/ [Kier] on Sunday 18 December 2005 22:06 \__
> On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 13:45:47 -0800, Larry Qualig wrote:
>
>>
>> Rick wrote:
>>> On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 09:49:18 -0800, John Bailo wrote:
>>>
>>> >
>>> > In regard to:
>>> >
>>> > http://www.time.com
>>> > "Men" of the Year
>>> >
>>> > You Can Fool All the People; All the Time
>>> > From: John Bailo <jabailo@xxxxxxxxxx> To: letters@xxxxxxxx
>>> >
>>> > To: The Editors of Time
>>> >
>>> > Dear Sirs,
>>> >
>>> > If trying to twart the advance of technology which is most beneficial
>>> > to the people of the world is a "good thing", then Time has indeed
>>> > selected the correct people for its cover.
>>> >
>>> > The people chosen, representing the two proprietary technologies for
>>> > personal computing, Windows and OSX, use "charity" as means to expand
>>> > and
>>> > solicit marketshare. They are willing to take children with AIDS and
>>> > use them as tax shields for their wealth. They promote their names
>>> > and their fortunes at the expense of world development, the control of
>>> > technology and the future.
>>> >
>>> > The "Man" the Year should be a penguin, representing Linux...who is
>>> > giving the people of the world the power to use their own work, and
>>> > technology, to set their destinies.
>>>
>>
>>
>>> Bailo, you have to be THE worst Linux advocate of all time.
>>
>> He's simply an insecure twit who thinks that if he posts ridiculous
>> accusations he'll score points with the other Linux advocates.
>
> I can't think of an advocate here who takes him seriously.
>
>>
>> Again, he's full of BS and hopes to gain respect (for the first time in
>> his life) if he simply posts what he thinks people want to see... No
>> matter how retarded the post may actually be.
>
> And since no one ever will... He lost any hope of respect years ago.
I actually quite liked it. John is radical, but he makes a fine point.
Technology and its advances shouldn't be tightly-related to one's own for-
tune, which relies on the fact that secret formats cripple all opposition
or competition. Bono, on the contrary, made his fortune never at the ex-
pense of somebody else. He definitely didn't discourage anyone from lis-
tening to other artists.
Roy
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