You're preaching to the choir here. Send it to Congress.
Ed.
Andy Woeber wrote:
> Bill Gates is working strongly on a time machine to take him back in time to
> the hotel in Albuquerque, NM where he worked on the first MS-DOS to install
> linux on his early computer and claim it for his own. He would then rewrite
> history, having invented linux, patenting it, and making it completely
> proprietary. He would rename linux to BGOS (Bill Gates Operating System) and
> programs like Windows 3.1, WIn95/98/00/Me (More Errors), and WinNT would
> vanish and be replaced with BGOS 1.0, BGOS 1.0000001, BGOS 1.0000002, etc.,
> each upgrade costing $200 more than the first. Would Bill make the code
> available to others? I think not. However, he probably could not guard
> against the code taken from him and be manipulated or used by others to make
> their own operating system. Programmers would most likely pay a royalty to
> Mr. Gates for its use or face heated legal battles. Mr. Gates Billions would
> turn to Trillions and very few competitors would be realized in this new
> world to take on the Bill Gates dream of dominating the development of
> computers and software.
>
> I am glad we have linux in an open source environment. I am not a
> programmer, but I have grown up with DOS and Windows and learned how
> manipulative and dominant it has become; software which was placed on my
> first new 486 PC back in 1993. I thought none of it and was intrigued with
> the "Windows" environment, having used DOS for so long. I feel that the
> evolution of Windows has led to a withdrawal of the user's control on choice
> and how he would like his computer to work. After Win98, I have found no
> more enjoyment in the Windows software which I believe is now a marketing
> tool to spy on the individual user who installs the Windowns software on his
> computer, learns nothing of how it works, and loads all personal information
> on it and sending it across the internet to Microsoft or whoever has the
> ability to take it. This is Orwellian and creates paranoia but is a question
> I believe will be addressed again and again as we migrate to a digital age.
>
> I think there is something to be said about having a free environment to
> develop software and I have appreciated the contributions programmers have
> made to the linux environment which is more I can say for any DOS or Win
> environment.
>
> Andy W.
>
>
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