* Roy Schestowitz peremptorily fired off this memo:
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>| The exchange always seems to go like this:
>|
>| FOSS advocate: Microsoft is doing [some business strategy], which is bad,
>| because [some negative effect on the FOSS community, the user community
>| or society].
>|
>| Microsoft fan: Have you tried [insert some random Microsoft product
>| name]? It's excellent! But you don't see that because for you it's only
>| Linux/FOSS. You obviously hate Microsoft (or Bill Gates, or Steve
>| Balmer). (Sometimes thrown in: Microsoft worked hard for its market
>| share, why should they not take advantage of it? You FOSS people are
>| communists and don't like the free-market.)
> `----
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> http://www.geekzone.co.nz/foobar/4674
His opinions mean /nothing/:
Who I am: Software developer, architect, CTO, company founder,
consultant. Occasional guest speaker at universities and conferences.
15 years in the industry, and still not a software millionaire.
<sick grin>
--
People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented,
didn't they? People feared coal, they feared gas-powered engines...
There will always be ignorance, and ignorance leads to fear. But with time,
people will come to accept their silicon masters.
-- Bill Gates
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