> "I think if you invent drugs, you should be able to charge for them," he > said, adding with a shrug: "That may seem radical."
I wouldn't expect otherwise... his whole life has been about exploiting the basic needs of the computer users, why would he take a different approach regarding health issues? I think his charity will never compensate for the attack on the fundamental rights that he's been sponsoring. Cheers, Pedro On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 1:11 PM, José Pedro Ferreira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "I think if you invent drugs, you should be able to charge for them," he > > said, adding with a shrug: "That may seem radical." > > I wouldn't expect otherwise... his whole life has been about > exploiting the basic needs of the computer users, why would he take a > different approach regarding health issues? > > I think his charity will never compensate for the attack on the > fundamental rights that he's been sponsoring. > > Cheers, > > Pedro > > > > On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 8:32 AM, David B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So much for the allegued "openness" and "open source > > friendliness" of Microsoft: There is no such thing: > > They want to open the breach inside the FOSS community > > separating tame just-business-friendly patent-friendly > > open-source from free(dom) software and marginalise > > (and eventually kill) the GPL and the FSF. > > He goes as far as downplaying the benefits of open > > source software in medical science projects (better > > leave it to Gates' charity) > > Notice they keep insisting on software patentability > > and that no matter if it is open source they want to > > make you pay for software (and Novell is helping them > > in pursuing this strategy). > > > > Source: > > http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/04/bill-gates-what.html > > > > Best regards. > > David B.(Spain) > > > > One thing Gates won't be leaving behind in > > retirement is his distaste for open source software. > > After one scientist asked if Gates would consider open > > source uses in health research, the man who built his > > $280 billion company on the power of intellectual > > property bristled. > > > > "There's free software and then there's open > > source," he suggested, noting that Microsoft gives > > away its software in developing countries. With open > > source software, on the other hand, "there is this > > thing called the GPL, which we disagree with." > > > > Open source, he said, creates a license "so that > > nobody can ever improve the software," he claimed, > > bemoaning the squandered opportunity for jobs and > > business. (Yes, Linux fans, we're aware of how > > distorted this definition is.) He went back to the > > analogy of pharmaceuticals: "I think if you invent > > drugs, you should be able to charge for them," he > > said, adding with a shrug: "That may seem radical." > > > > it's very revealing that Microsoft tries to separate > > Free software (it tries to characterise it as gratis, > > i.e. zero cost, cheap, shoddy) from open source. Open > > source is, to Microsoft, mainly about visibility, but > > it wants it to be subjected to the same rules, > > including software patents. Where are those geniuses > > who defended Microsoft's seemingly-friendly approach > > towards the OSI? > > > > http://www.endsoftwarepatents.org > > ------ > > ¿Eres un usuario cautivo ó libre? > > ¿controlas tu ordenador o tu ordenador te controla a tí? > > > > Libérate: Usa Gnu/Linux y OpenOffice.org: > > > > http://www.obtengalinux.org/windows/ > > > > Are you a free user or a captive one? > > Do you control your computer or does your computer control you? > > > > Set yourself free: Use Gnu/Linux and OpenOffice.org: > > > > http://www.getgnulinux.org/windows/ > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Yahoo! Solidario. Intercambia los objetos que ya no necesitas y ayuda a > mantener un entorno más ecológico. > > _______________________________________________ > > Discussion mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion > > > _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
