i'll bet that in the beginning there was a market for electricity, too. and that it persisted until everyone needed it, and the barriers-to-entry were many and costly. and then it became public.
when does this happen with operating systems? or is this when business attempts to take ownership of even those things that are, or should be, public?
this is when 'the public interest' has to mean something. this is when privatization should be working in reverse. this is when governments need to represent the people, and not the conglomerates.
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i'll bet that in the beginning there was a market for electricity, too. and that it persisted until everyone needed it, and the barriers-to-entry were many and costly. and then it became public. when does this happen with operating systems? or is this when business attempts to take ownership of even those things that are, or should be, public? this is when 'the public interest' has to mean something. this is when privatization should be working in reverse. this is when governments need to represent the people, and not the conglomerates.