The devil dressed up as a priest... (it was:Re: [Patents] Microsoft Executive Says Linux Threatens Innovation)

[Krzysztof Sobolewski critto@wp.pl]

Date sent:              Fri, 16 Feb 2001 16:43:15 +0100
From:                   "Ram'on Garc'ia Fern'andez" 
<ramon@jl1.quim.ucm.es>
To:                     patents@liberte.aful.org
Subject:                Re: [Patents] Microsoft Executive Says Linux 
Threatens Innovation

> On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 04:10:18PM +0000, Florent Garcia wrote:
> > In case you missed this article.
> > 
> > --------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > Microsoft Executive Says Linux Threatens Innovation (Update1) 
02/14/01 04:57 PM
> > Source: Bloomberg News URL:
> > http://www.cnetinvestor.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-
1028-4825719-0.html

Well, in Poland we have a saying "The devil dressed up into the 
vestment and, using a bell held by his own tail, he rings "Come all 
ye faithful for the mass!"  (it came from the famous Polish trilogy 
"With Sword and Fire" by Henryk Sienkiewicz)

Microsoft, by itself being the greatest threat to FREE competition 
(what with that trial ???), is now coming to the SHAMELESS, 
tyrannical LOBBYING efforts to STOP others from doing what they 
want on themselves.

And comparing Linux with Napster is the abuse, too. I'm NOT the 
enemy of Napster, but the Linux creators have ALL the moral, legal 
and other rights to distribute their works 'for free'. In fact, I do the 
same (eg. with my essays). It is the SACRED right of every author.

"Fascist" Linux ??? NO!!! "Fascist" Microsoft (I've seen one picture 
depicting Bill Gates as Adolph Hitler, in a brown SA uniform, with 
the Microsoft Logo drawn instead of swastika in the Reich's flag).
Fascist Microsoft, which again tries the non-competetive fight 
against Linux (ref. "Helloween Documents" -- it was the former one).

So, the devil rings with his tail "come all ye faithful to the mass!". 
He is dressed in a vestment, but NOBODY will let him to pull eir 
legs.

I know, that Bill & Co. will gain NOTHING except they stupid talks.
What can they do ?? If US Congress agreed to prohibit FREE 
software as such, it would mean END to the whole American 
freedom ("American Way" as some in this article said), for it would 
mean to break the First Amendment ("Congress shall make no 
law(...) that infringes the freedom of speeech or of the press")
and it would be held illegal by the US Supreme Court, that's sure.
The same SC decided, that SOFTWARE _IS_ a form of speech (or 
of the 'press').

But meanwhile, let's call Bill & Co. the ENEMIES of free speech.

Anyway: do you know, that Bill's father was lobbying for the 
maintenance of inheritance tax ??? What a parody ...

So don't pay much attention to it, it is so STUPID, but really 
harmless and unable to act. SW patents are MUCH MORE worse, 
and they are hurting IT now. Let's leave the Microsoft alone, let's 
BOYCOTT that company (there are some anti-microsoft 
organizations, just surf over any searcher and type "boycott 
Microsoft" and you'll get a list.)

And it is NOT USA -- it is OCCUPIED DIXIE!!! The same dixie, that 
its enemies tried to diminish, distort its history, reduce to the group 
of 'white supremacy tyrants' and so on. Of course, the War 1861-
1865 was because of taxes and tariffs, that mercantilist North 
wanted to impose on the free-market South (isn't it similiar to what 
we have now ?), NOT because of slavery (in fact, Abe Lincoln was 
a supporter of slavery, or at least indifferent to the problem. He 
fought for UNION, not against slavery. It was legal in a part of 
North, too) Happy Birthday Abe Lincoln, you bastard and murderer 
of Southern  people !!! And Happy Days, Bill, you anti-free software 
computer tyrant-to-be!!!

  Yours,
     Krzysztof (Christopher) "Critto" Sobolewski

PS. Please FORGIVE me if my mail comes many times. I had 
REAL problems with SMTP servers -- time after time (2 x), it 
returned 'mail delivery failure', so I decided to send it once more,
from another account.


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