__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Saturday 13 May 2006 20:01 \__
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> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Mahatma Gandhi:
>>
>> "First they ignore you
>> then they laugh at you
>> then they fight you <--- You are here [1]
>> then you win."
>
> I've found the 'real and original' statement, which is by Chopenhauer,
> and it's about the nature of truth:
>
> "all truth goes through three stages,
> first it is ridiculed,
> then it is violently opposed,
> finally it is accepted as self evident"
Yes, I remembered this as I quoted (a previous COLA thread), but see [1].
> The well-known Ghandi quote is, in my view, an intelligent repositioning
> of this one by Chopenhauer. Ghandi added the 'ignore' state prior to
> the others, but otherwise, there's not much difference.
They indeed used to ignore. I remember a certain event from some time around
a previous vacation (maybe Christmas 2004). When a man from the audience
asked Ballmer about Linux as a competitor, Ballmer laughed like a little
girl. Before that, Linux was merely ignored and I didn't know anything about
it until 1998 or 1999. I am sure that routes to communication and
advertisements can often be blocked or suppressed from up above (e.g. search
engines; try Google for 'linux' and look at the top).
> Of course, in the chopenhauer set, we're at "violently opposed".
>
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| CEO Steve Ballmer said Linux has been outselling Microsoft in areas such
>>| as file services, e-mail security and e-science, and that demonstrates
>>| Microsoft needs to innovate.
>> `----
>
> Wow, how things change...
>
>>
>>
http://www.informationweek.com/industries/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=187202415
>>
>> [1] http://www.redhat.com/truthhappens/
There is no mentioning of IP as in the last time. Quite the contrary:
"Microsoft needs to innovate". Now, correct me if I am wrong, but if they
have some genuine intellectual property [2], haven't they innovated already?
[2] A couple of days ago I found the following:
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060511135022284
New Groklaw Feature: UNIX Methods and Concepts Database
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