The Secret Linux Agenda
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| For all its problems: many self inflicted, I still think Open is better. I'm
| a glass-half-full type. I also remind myself all the time that despite
| appearances, Open Source is not a computer religion. It is just a good idea.
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| And it is... The Secret Linux Agenda
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http://talk.bmc.com/blogs/blog-carl/steve-carl/The-Secret-Linux-Agenda
Needed - The Two Percent Solution
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| With the exception of an ant colony and a kibbutz, two percent of the
| population will fuel and affect the progress of that society. The rest of us
| are either consumers or vendors of those efforts. Sure, the percentages can
| be played with and argued, but taken in average, the number remains fairly
| accurate.
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| [...]
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| Why isn't this on the TV? Good question. And I was able to explain it simply
| by telling the group that since Linux isn't a "for profit" commodity, there
| was little to be gained financially from advertising it.
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http://blog.lobby4linux.com/index.php?/archives/275-Needed-The-Two-Percent-Solution.html
http://tinyurl.com/2n7ku4
Related:
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| "Sadly, many of these brilliant people have been blinded by the stock
| price and unable to see that Microsoft is also the key architect of
| the greatest financial pyramid scheme this century.
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| It is not uncommon for participants in pyramid schemes to lose their
| emotional bearings. My close friends who work at Microsoft are
| particularly upset over my work and it is possible that even Bill
| Gates and Steve Ballmer do not realize the implications of their
| financial practices."
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http://www.billparish.com/msftfraudfacts.html
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| "As with all pyramid schemes, it is important to get as close to tier
| 1 as possible. From a practical standpoint, usually only tiers 1 and 2
| will derive significant long-term economic rewards from such schemes."
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| "Microsoft has clearly entered a phase of self destructive behavior
| that began with the "tissue paper campaign" in 1995. This report will
| document this campaign for the first time."
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http://reactor-core.org/microsoft-pyramid.html
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