____/ [H]omer on Wednesday 16 January 2008 20:48 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that chrisv spake thusly:
>> rat wrote:
>
>>> dominant
>
> Microsoft's monopoly does indeed make their software "dominant".
> That is not necessarily a good thing for anyone but Microsoft.
>
>>> successful
>
> Again, the "success" is all Microsoft's and all financial in nature.
> That is also not necessarily a good thing for anyone but Microsoft.
>
>> Like Visduh, which requires a high-end CPU and 2G of memory? For the
>> "have-nots" of the world? What kind of a fsckwitted moron are you,
>> rat?
>
> Obviously he's the kind that worships Microsoft and their greed.
>
> The mere fact that Microsoft software is ubiquitous, has more to do with
> their criminal activities, than their software, which frankly has even
> less integrity than they do.
>
> If one is going to choose software based purely on ubiquity, then one
> might just as easily argue that the Big Mac is the best food, or that
> the Toyota Corolla is the best car.
>
> Clearly, ubiquity is more an indicator of mediocrity than excellence,
> and what these (or any other) children need, is the best we can give
> them, not something that panders to the greedy whims of a corporate
> lackey. If the entire purpose of the OLPC project is to help solve
> poverty through autonomy, derived through IT education, then what is
> the point of selling them software that undermines that autonomy by
> making them dependent on a greedy corporation, that has no interest in
> their education beyond milking it for profit? Better to give them
> software that empowers them with the Freedom to make their own choices,
> and for their own benefit.
I don't know why you even feeds the rat.
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