[NTLUG:Discuss] Open source analogy

Leroy Tennison leroy_tennison at prodigy.net
Thu Jan 31 22:49:48 CST 2008


Fred wrote:
> Sorry, but I couldn't resist this open source analogy, given the political
> season that we are in.
> 
> M$ is like the socialist candidate (fill in the blank, there are several)
> who has no problem writing checks funded by future tax obligations.
> It makes people feel good and allows them to go about their day-to-day
> business without thinking too much about how they have given their
> decisions over to their leaders.
> 
> Linux is like that tiny minority that detests socialists, who think about
> what is behind political demagoguery and who back candidates
> who believe in the wisdom of our founding fathers and fiscal responsibility.
> (Not a hard choice, there is only one).
> 
> Fred
> 
> "Asians have a difficult time understanding America because we only have
> a presidential erection every 4 years" - unknown
> 
> 
> 
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So I started it off with religion a couple of days ago and you decided 
to add politics ... :-) :-) :-)



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