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Re: [News] Why GNU/Linux Beats Mac OS X

Verily I say unto thee, that JEDIDIAH spake thusly:

> In general, human politics does not scale well. Large corporations 
> and large governments are both a reflection on this. Power is 
> concentrated and responsibility is dispersed. At least corporations 
> have some motivation to be efficient with respect to their own goals.
> 
> Large governments don't even have this.

Corporations /are/ those government's motivation, in the palm-greasing
sense (campaign contributions and other "incentives"). You should have
a look at Lessig's presentation on the subject; it's highly revealing.

-- 
K.
http://slated.org

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| By bucking Microsoft for open source, says Gunderloy, "I'm no
| longer contributing to the eventual death of programming."
| ~ http://www.linux.com/feature/142083
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