Continuing on the "cancer" theme... Wasn't that the whole idea of the GPL? To "force" the propagation of freedom (speech). This is where the ingenuity of Richard Stallman's philosophy resides.
The bottom line is: We (as GNU/Linux users) are happy to receive this eye-opening, freedom-bestowing infection; and are willing to actively pursue passing it on to others. Regardless of what nay-sayers might do; We are here to stay and we are only going to spread, no matter how fast. Best Regards, Notwerk On May 9, 8:09 pm, Penguin Computing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Exactly Jad, this is absolutely true. :) > > And just like I mentioned before, not only we are harmless, in fact, > we > are even useful. > > At least the Linux cancer makes you feel free to do what you want. > At least it's a cancer that gives you the complete ability to > customize you life the way you want it. :) > > At least with the Linux cancer you rarely (if not no longer) feel > worried about viruses > and hackers.. :D > > On May 9, 2:17 pm, "Jad madi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I would have to agree with Balmer, > > We are moving in the world of IT just like cancer, slowly without > > making a noise or being noticed and once we put a feet there is no way > > to get us out, even cancer chemical sessions cannot get us out. > > the only difference, we are harmless. > > > 2008/5/9 Penguin Computing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > و بعدين يا إخوان يعني كون مايكروسوف ليس همها إلا جمع > > > المال, فهل هذا يعني إنها تقلل أدبها على من ينافسها؟ > > > > يعني بيكفي إنها محتكرة السوق و ما مخلية حدا من شرها > > > كمان بتتواقح؟ (عدم المؤاخذة( > > > > شوف كيف السيد بالمر بيحكي عن لينكس لتعرف شو قصدي: > > > > === > > > On competition > > > > [edit] Linux > > > > Ballmer is also known as a vocal critic of competing companies and > > > their products. He has referred to the free Linux software system as a > > > "[…] cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to > > > everything it touches."[9] and earlier described it as having "[…] > > > characteristics of communism that people love so very, very much about > > > it."[10] > > > === > > > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Ballmer > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jolug" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Jolug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
