> Wouldn't you start cooking for yourself and try to create alternatives?...and destroy the free market? Are you kidding me? You must be a commie or something.
I am not the first one quoting that proverb in this context. Frederick Brooks opened a chapter in ''The Mythical Man-Month''[1] with the very same quote, a chapter about sharp tools. Neal Stephenson writes about tools in ''In the Beginning was the Command Line''[2]. Tools are important for mankind. They always have been important and they always will be important.
To put it simple -- The Microsoft world is not my set of tools.
It is not hatred. It is ignorance. I do not care about Microsoft because I do not use their products in my everday work.
Furthermore... I am a computer enthusiast, a geek. I like beautiful computer solutions. What is beautiful to me then? Have you thought about the style of this answer? Would you get the same kind answer from your everyday Microsoft user; with literary references? Maybe, maybe not, though I doubt it. The UNIX crowd are fond of words. Once again, it is not an original thought. Thomas Scoville wrote about it in ''The Elements Of Style: UNIX As Literature''[3].
Yes; you could say Microsoft is a beautiful company from e.g. an economist point of view. I have a great respect for what they have achivied but it is not where my heart lies.
One last thing. History. We like underdogs. Microsoft used to be an underdog when IBM ruled the world. IBM did a lot of good things back then but the grassroots disliked the monopoly. In politics monopoly spells dictatorship. We do not like dictators, we like underdogs. Who is good or who is bad does not matter. We will give our Christmas presents to the underdogs, not to the dictators. I do not say Bill Gates is a dictator, I do not say he is good or bad, but he is not the same underdog he used to be.
With the ongoing extension of copyright time limits, when does it even expire?
It depends on a lot of things. To put it simple... The Berne convetion for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works protects the photographers right for 50 years after his/her death.
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> Wouldn't you start cooking for yourself and try to create alternatives? ...and destroy the free market? Are you kidding me? You must be a commie or something.
I am not the first one quoting that proverb in this context. Frederick Brooks opened a chapter in ''The Mythical Man-Month''[1] with the very same quote, a chapter about sharp tools. Neal Stephenson writes about tools in ''In the Beginning was the Command Line''[2]. Tools are important for mankind. They always have been important and they always will be important.
To put it simple -- The Microsoft world is not my set of tools.
It is not hatred. It is ignorance. I do not care about Microsoft because I do not use their products in my everday work.
Furthermore... I am a computer enthusiast, a geek. I like beautiful computer solutions. What is beautiful to me then? Have you thought about the style of this answer? Would you get the same kind answer from your everyday Microsoft user; with literary references? Maybe, maybe not, though I doubt it. The UNIX crowd are fond of words. Once again, it is not an original thought. Thomas Scoville wrote about it in ''The Elements Of Style: UNIX As Literature''[3].
Yes; you could say Microsoft is a beautiful company from e.g. an economist point of view. I have a great respect for what they have achivied but it is not where my heart lies.
One last thing. History. We like underdogs. Microsoft used to be an underdog when IBM ruled the world. IBM did a lot of good things back then but the grassroots disliked the monopoly. In politics monopoly spells dictatorship. We do not like dictators, we like underdogs. Who is good or who is bad does not matter. We will give our Christmas presents to the underdogs, not to the dictators. I do not say Bill Gates is a dictator, I do not say he is good or bad, but he is not the same underdog he used to be.
/jörgen
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With the ongoing extension of copyright time limits, when does it even expire?
It depends on a lot of things. To put it simple... The Berne convetion for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works protects the photographers right for 50 years after his/her death.
http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/berne/index.htm l