Re: [SLUG] incredible statement

From: Smitty (76543a@mpinet.net)
Date: Sat Jun 02 2001 - 14:10:35 EDT


Yah. I would not have tolerated the nonsense ms pulled at the CTS. I
would have stayed right there and kept handing out free software and
called a couple tv stations and newspapers about what occured. If they
would have threatened to have me arrested, I would have said o.k., then
sued the city of Clearwater for violating my first amendment rights as
well as sueing the arresting officer for false arrest and false
imprisonment. Then a suit against ms for conspiracy.
This would create a very bad public relations situation for ms which
could be usede as ammunition again and again. You have to aggressively
oppose the Nazi mentality of microsoft. Microsoft must die.
Smitty

patrick wrote:
>
> On Saturday 02 June 2001 11:02 am, you wrote:
> > When Ballmer speaks of the "cancer" he is describing the microsoft
> > operation precisely. Listen to them, they are talking about themselves.
> > Smitty
>
> i think u are right. i do find it interesting that the political reality
> in washington may be to anything and everything to and i quote
> from a texas senator "create jobs". i wouldnt find it surprising
> to hear that microsoft is working with senators and congressmen
> to all but ban linux in the united states. i know this sounds
> crazy, but it would not suprise me to begin to hear this kind
> of statements floated to the press to see what kind of response
> they would receive.
>
> >
> > James Martinez wrote:
> > > I think it shows how much Microsoft is realizing the threat of Linux
> > > when Open Source goes from just being UnAmerican to a Cancer.
> > >
> > > On 01 Jun 2001 20:26:52 -0400, patrick wrote:
> > > > speaking about Linux
> > > >
> > > > A: Yeah. It's good competition. It will force us to be innovative. It
> > > > will force us to justify the prices and value that we deliver. And
> > > > that's only healthy. The only thing we have a problem with is when the
> > > > government funds open-source work. Government funding should be for
> > > > work that is available to everybody. Open source is not available to
> > > > commercial companies. The way the license is written, if you use any
> > > > open-source software, you have to make the rest of your software open
> > > > source. If the government wants to put something in the public domain,
> > > > it should. Linux is not in the public domain. Linux is a cancer that
> > > > attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it
> > > > touches. That's the way that the license works.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > microsoft is very scared of Linux. it will be interersting to see what
> > > > they do in the future to destroy Linux.



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