It would be hard to argue that the phrase 'fair trade' is more likely to invoke FAIR
trade amongst people and that 'free trade' - because of the lack of a consensus on
what FREE means - keeps the door open for the GUY WITH THE MOST MAKES THE RULES.
It is THIS phenomenon we must all address, of all classes. Of course, such
contemplations can lead to unwanted truths.
I am most interested in any comments.
----- Original Message -----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Spencer)
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 00:36:07 -0400
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Non-price competition
Non-price competition? Here's another take on it.
...in a free market - and by free here I mean the ideal forms of
capitalism propounded in the Wealth of Nations, the lowest
cost-provider wins. Now as it turns out this type of capitalism is
not what we see in the software industry. And in the long term
those with the current monopoly cannot compete with Free Software
on price or quality. So the monopolist must resort to other means
- it must prevent the market from being free, because a free
market means it loses its vast and expanding powers.
-- Andreas Pour
The interview is here:
http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=158
(This is not a technical piece, but for those completely unacquainted
with Linux, KDE is an (optional) bunch of software that provides a GUI
-- buttons, popup menus, dialog boxes etc. -- for computers using the
GNU/Linux operating system. Like GNU-ware and Linux, it is freeware.)
- Mike
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