Really interesting the sci-fi scenario we have ahead us, one software giant in control of the intellectual knowledge from the world. Few goverments has such power, toothless organisations as Unesco can try to stop or slow the process but they lack the money and they are not so ruthless committed as Microsoft. Scary, Microsoft and Monsanto are working along the same patterns. Monsanto have nu patents for genmanipulated seeds in all the world, notably Mexican corn, which is originally from Mexico.
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