Verily I say unto thee, that Rex Ballard spake thusly:
> On Jul 13, 4:47 pm, "Moshe Goldfarb." <thick_as_a_brick@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>> On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:34:25 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>> We don't want you to talk, Mr. Ballmer
>>
>> So freedom and *Open Source" is only valid when it meets *your*
>> criteria....
You mean when Freedom actually /means/ Freedom, and Open actually
/means/ Open, as opposed to Microsoft's completely antithetical definitions.
You sound like the shopkeeper in the Monty Python "dead parrot" sketch,
trying to redefine the meaning of the word "dead".
> No, it's just that we have seen what happens when Microsoft
> "Embraces" the technology of a Rival.
Microsoft is famous for its redefinition and reinvention, to suit its
own sinister purposes of assimilation and extinction. That's pretty much
all they ever do.
>> You are sounding more like a screwball every day Roy Schestowitz..
He sounds like a screwball for reposting somebody else's article?
Idiot.
Take it up with Blankenhorn, since that's who wrote the above headline
and subsequent article.
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K.
http://slated.org
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