On Friday 01 March 2002 07:16 am, you wrote:
IMHO
Andy
> 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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