26 Sep
2011
26 Sep
'11
7:08 p.m.
On 26/09/11 9:18 AM, Gene Buckle wrote:
On Sun, 25 Sep 2011, Toby Thain wrote:
Yes, all this happens DESPITE the best efforts of this great criminal
toad that still squats over us, skimming here, FUDding there,
continually meditating on new ways of ripping the mainstream off and
lock people in. Criminal DNA to the core. Need to be knocked down to a
size where they are forced to actually compete (since they are
incapable of it, they won't last long in that state). The company will
implode sooner or later, as it has served its original purpose for Gates.
Hyperbole. Ur doin it rite!
The criminality is proven, as is the hollowness of what he left behind.
Wait and see.
--Toby
I'd prefer to ignore them completely too, but we
all pay a price for
their colossal crime spree in various ways (including this specific
one). When they're gone, we can get back to advancing computing
instead of see it used as a launchpad for extortion.
What, specifically, is holding back this "advancing" of computing?
Plenty of open hardware and open software out there, and people are
doing all sorts of creative things with it. g.