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Stallman Feeds Gates His Own Words
soloport writes "C|Net has published an article, written by RMS, in which Stallman points out that Gates is merely calling the kettle communist. Toward the end of the article, Stallman strengthens his point by feeding Bill his own words. Back in 1991, Bill said, in an internal memo: 'If people had understood how patents would be granted when most of today's ideas were invented and had taken out patents, the industry would be at a complete standstill today...A future start-up with no patents of its own will be forced to pay whatever price the giants choose to impose.' Now, if only Bill were as clear-minded on the subjects of Innovation and Interoperability."
Stallman strengthens his point by feeding Bill his own words.
Once again, I imagine Nelson: Ha Ha!
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"Stop repeating everything I'm saying!"
"Stallman's a dork."
"Stallman's a... HEY!"
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what the feck is THAT supposed to mean?
make sense, dammit.
Gates is merely doing what's best for the stockholders. Oh wait. That's HIM.
" If Apple (or Xerox) had patented the GUI, we would still be stuck with DOS!
So, if M$ patents everything it can get its hands on, what innovations would it stop?"
Or we would all use Apples.
oops. i just read "I think Bill could learn a lot from Slashdot ..." :) secret wish?
The hammer calling the sickle communist.
Get a shave and a haircut, buddy. It 2005 already.
Wake up.
"The transfomers are WAAAY better than G.I. Joe" - me
"Seriously, I didn't sleep with that woman. " - Governor Clinton
"Remember what I said about taxes.. uhm, psyche!" - George Bush 1
"Don't make me tell daddy" - George Bush 2
"I bet I could make money on this internet thing" - Steve Case
Ahhh.. good ole '91
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Wasn't it the pothead (Bill Gates, 1983) calling the kettle (Stallman, 2025) black?
Gotta love that GNU/Linux (cough, Linus) side-swipe. Poor bitter man...that Stallman.
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There's an entire thread devoted to discussion of how much Stallman needs to "get a haircut," since of course how you wear your hair is an indicator of the worth of your ideas.
Imagine if Einstein hadn't worn a crewcut his entire life. Where would we be then?
Read the EFF's Fair Use FAQ
You're just going to have to trust me. And stop masturbating so much, it makes me sad.
Oh, so you are watching me huh? I can really get into this new kink.
Fascism trolls keeping me up every night. When I starts a preachin', he HITS ME WITH HIS REICH!
The command line is fine and dandy.
Just not DOS!!!
Apparently you didn't read the "Allowed HTML" tag section when you were posting. Your tags didn't come out right.
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Can't quite make out that date format. Is it the 0th of December or the twelfth of Nonuary?
Shop as usual. And avoid panic buying.
Obviously. That would be as stupid as suing IBM without any evidence.
English is easier said than done.
I came up with my own date format once.
It went YMYDMYDY.
Please help me push it as the new international standard as I'm sure it will alleviate the confusion.
Today: 20012055
VB is never appropriate amongst geeks. We know what it is, but we dare not speak of it.
Now put that down and go wash your hands! Go!