On Saturday 04 January 2003 07:45 pm, you wrote: > This is off-topic, but a characterization of free software practices and > sharing as "more republican or libertarian in nature" is also way off. > Libertarians--which are really Republicans without a desire to regulate > people's private practices (drug use, sexual practices)--are primarily > concerned with the defense of private property from any state > intervention. Free software undermines private property by keeping > software in free, unrestrained public use. Free software is communally > shared property. Libertarians are not opposed to regulation > universally, only state intervention. Libertarians support unfree > software licensing for example, and call any state support of free > software "intervention" in the "free" market. Not exactly a recipe for > cooperation. While I'm sure some libertarians depart from this ruthless > attack on freedom, it's important to remember that the principal > interest of libertarians is not protecting freedom, it is to protect > private property. Of course, they do equate private property with > "freedom", but that's another discussion. > > Sorry about the off-topic stuff. BTW, neither is better. KDE and Gnome > perform differently on every machine and distribution, for some reason. > > Dave > > On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 15:22, Keith wrote: > > Linux users must be > > > > > left wing liberal Democrats because they don't follow the norm.. > > > > Actually, the team work, freeness (freedom), open source code, free > > market, less breaucratic (Microsoft, goverment like monsters), less > > regulation, freedom (originally slavery of course), responsibility, > > sharing, etc. are more republican or libertarian in nature. > > Canadian-Bruce Cockburn's- album "The trouble with normal" (it always > > gets worse), is a leftiest ake at "normal". (culture & morality) > > I'm alternative in nearly everything I do, from Linux to organic food > > production, Black/White reconciliation, restoration of Constitutional > > law, music, simple joyfull lifestyle, and in general taking on projects > > work that others say are impossible... > > SO I'm not so sure only liberal Democrats do not follow the "norm"... > > PS...FORGET Coke, fast food (greasy salt & sugar), "instant", > > institutions like school, plastic, pop music, junk literature... > > Enjoy being real......... > > > > :) Keith > > > > On Saturday 04 January 2003 04:54 pm, james Mellema wrote: > > > On Fri, 2003-01-03 at 11:49, walt wrote: > > > > Actually the only thing republicans are doing is creating an > > > > unnecessary war but that has nothing to do with linux.. besides, > > > > Linux users must be left wing liberal Democrats because they don't > > > > follow the norm.. > > > > > > > > Walt > > > > > > Whose is Norm? > > > > > > I vote for: > > > KDE, libertarian, mechanist, Alaskan ANWAR oil exploration. > > > -- > > > -- > > > Jim > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > james Mellema, CRNA > > > ICQ # 19685870 > > > Linux User 71650 > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > "The only people who like Microsoft are those who don't understand. > > > When people understand what Microsoft is up to, they're outraged."..Tim > > > O'Reilly > > I've noticed there is a lot of Red and Yellow in Linux... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Michael Shinobi a.k.a. 'alfalfa' Mandrake 8.2 Kernel-2.4.18-8.1mdk Linux user #298896 Sat Jan 4 23:21:54 EST 2003 11:21pm up 4 days, 1:32, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 Homepage: http://micronuke.tripod.com/ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= kernel, n.: A part of an operating system that preserves the medieval traditions of sorcery and black art.
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