> These are just another > title form the point of view of the seller who has, in most cases, no > interest > in what it is except to make a buck.
Well, exactly. If there were no demand, they wouldn't give it a second look. Of course, they're firmly at the "free beer" stage, instead of "free speech". But so is Singapore :-] Have you noticed that "Exercise your right to free speech!" campaign of Singtel? "Free speech" turns out to be "free calling on 20 campuses" if you have a "student plan" contract with them -- not exactly "free" in the same sense. Here, "free beer" means: selling whatever will make a buck. In Singapore, it means: hollow promises to consumers to keep them locked in to your closed product. (Just my quickly devaluing 0.02 ZAR.) -- jean . .. .... //\\\oo///\\ _______________________________________________ Slugnet mailing list [email protected] http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet
