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The Riches of Open Source
Daniel Dvorkin writes "This BusinessWeek article argues convincingly that Linus Torvalds has more resources at his disposal than Bill Gates. Not only is it a nice overview of Why Open Source Really Matters pitched to a non-technical audience, but it makes a solid argument in favor of OSS in general and Linux in particular, from a solidly capitalist perspective."
capitalism sucks
Bill Gates has more money than Linus Torvaldes can count. If I were Linus I'd be kicking myself for not using Linux to cash in. He could be so rich that he could buy Bill Gates' soul back from Satan! Just goes to show you, there is no money in Open Source software. You hippies just won't admit it, because you like being poor, smelly long-haired freaks.
It's SCO All The Way, Dung Brains
love,
Darl
George Bush can't even turn a computer on so I think we're safe
Windows has always installed in under a gig, 256mb for 98se with a gui web browser, tcp/ip, and dialup-networking.
You will be hard pressed to get a suitable equivalent out of linux for the space. I saw a distro once that fit itself into 650MB and onto a cd.
I know about floppy-based distributions and such that work for text-only and firewalls, but when you start looking at things like X Windows and web browsers and the like, your hardware requirements go way beyond the 75Mhz Pentium.
The whole concept of bloated windows is laughable when compared to most distributions of linux.
People who have insane amounts of drive and passion for life and their work (like Bill Gates) have plenty of friends.
People like you that are paranoid and cynical about everything alienate others, and are the ones without friends.
evil adrian
Please take your conspiracy theories elsewhere; they dont belong among intelligent discourse.
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Second, Gates has already said that by the time he dies, he will have given away most of his fortune. If you were in his situation, I doubt you would do the same, choosing instead to build up some kind of dynasty.
Third, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is now not only the largest charitible organization in the WORLD, but Gates has already surpassed charitable contributions of any other philanthropist before him (even when you take inflation into account). And the guy is under 50 years old, and will continue for many more years.
I worked with an organization dealing with public health, and if you flip thru their trade magazines, Gates has done a real lot for that sector already, in terms of organization, focused product development, etc., which nobody else bothered to do.
So, as I said, you guys need to get over your irrational hatred of Gates and start seeing what is really going on. There is more to life than your OSS holy war, and Gates has given FAR more money to charity than Torvalds has.
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[OPEN: Snarky Sarcastic Response] Yeah, the last 100 years is SUCH a bad case study for capitalism / free market. It is such a disaster, you know, hardly ANY progress has been made. Intellectual Property rights are SO BAD. Man, so freekin' bad. I'd rather live in 1890, because the 20th century has been so bad to my standard of living. The free markets have made literally no progress, right? [CLOSE: Snarky Sarcastic Response]
/. groupthink in the most arrogant way possible.
Yeah right, yeah right. "Red Leader."
You know, you are boring. The garbage you just typed is the same trash that you, and about a billion other people who aren't smart enough to do anything marketable or profitable on your own. You suck the teats of the system like the babies you are and cry wolf all the time. YOU are boring. The cult you belong to is BORING.
You know, if you were properly educated, no one re-invents wheels. They hire people who are sufficiently good/trained where re-implementing things costs very little. Also, plenty of closed source things are modeled. You know what's funny, Linux has re-invented EVRYTHING, and invented nothing. Its a copy of software that belongs to the people YOU ARE SHITTING ON.
Amazing. Amzaing. Glass house. Stones. Man. You should take a look at you radical thinking and come up with something someone wants to actually listen to, not appeal to
you develop using free tools? heh. you must be into profiling code then. there are so many good free profiling tools.
you develop using free tolls. what you develop must suck.
Don't you Linux zealots ever get tired of the mutual pro-Linux anti-Microsoft masturbation that occurs daily on this site? Doesn't it ever get tiring? Considering the fact that most of you have never been laid, or have only been laid by fat ugly chicks, it probably doesn't ever get old but I had to ask.
You used to see a lot of Nazi flags in Germany too, what's your point?
evil adrian
Especially given that you admin not even KNOWING how much Gates is giving, its silly for you to be making this statement.
Besides, what exactly about the way Gates made his money bothers you? Is he selling drugs? Is he abusing laborers in third world countries? Is he promoting hatred or terrorism?
I work in corporate IT, and I really prefer dealing with MS. Their people are knowledgable, very helpful, and just want to see things work. Im sure you can pick anecdotes which are bad, but in almost ten years, I have had nothing but positive encounters. Im sure that is going to make people angry to hear (because it isnt anti-MS), but its true. MS is #1 for a reason, and it isnt because they are 'forcing' corporations to use their stuff.
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My troll hath been successful. Bless you, little one.
evil adrian