From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,52a0bacbcdd2da17 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-08-17 07:27:55 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!harp.news.atl.earthlink.net!not-for-mail From: Marin David Condic Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Realtime/embedded project to help with employment. Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 10:27:51 -0400 Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Message-ID: <3F3F90E7.8040406@noplace.com> References: <3F3E1A7D.7040402@noplace.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: d1.a5.19.d7 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server-Date: 17 Aug 2003 14:27:55 GMT User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 (OEM-HPQ-PRS1C03) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:41643 Date: 2003-08-17T14:27:55+00:00 List-Id: No more than you have to take anything that Microsoft offers you. What is the point? If Bill Gates is "predatory" in offering software for sale to the public - you pay money to use his stuff - then isn't Richard Stallman a "predator" when he makes you pay for his stuff with source code? If Bill Gates is out trying to destroy Richard Stallman, isn't Richard Stallman out trying to destroy Bill Gates? And who started it anyway? If the FSF is simply making an offer to you that you are free to accept or reject, isn't that essentially what Microsoft is doing? You can always say "no" and go get Linux or go buy a Sun machine or find some other alternative - including not using a computer at all. MDC Georg Bauhaus wrote: > > If someone (A) deliberately offeres me (B) a chewing gum, and I take it, > then I am not a predator, am I? > If this person A says, "I'll give this to you (B) if you promise to give > your chewing gums away for free", then am I (B) a predator? > Is A a predator? > Do I have to take it? > -- ====================================================================== Marin David Condic I work for: http://www.belcan.com/ My project is: http://www.jast.mil/ Send Replies To: m c o n d i c @ a c m . o r g "In general the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to the other." -- Voltaire ======================================================================