From: keith@ksmith.uucp (Keith Smith) Subject: Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Alpha release Linux/GNU/X unix clone on CDROM for PC's Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1992 21:05:35 GMT
In article <1fblp1INNmnd@escargot.xx.rmit.OZ.AU> s891961@minyos.xx.rmit.OZ.AU (Peter David Cupit) writes:
> Richard Stallman and the FSF are looking ahead to a more civillised
> society where a person who has no money would not starve.
> Somehow I cannot think of Bill Gates as having the same altruistic
> attitude.
> Too many people are perpetuating an attitude that all life must be a
> struggle and that money is a part of the natural order of the universe.
> In the GNU manifesto a thing called the post-scarcity society is mentioned.
> I'd say this goal is much more worthy than one that perpetuates the
> philosophy of greed.
Hehehe, I think I'm going to vomit.
I *NEVER* want to live in this. I doubt RMS or LT would either. People
must be motivated to accomplish things. Intelligent people like RMS and
LT are obviously self motivated people. I doubt either are so
unrealistic to beleive that a disproportionate number of folks in
the world won't take a free handout instead of working for it.
Bill Gates is a shaker & mover, a salesman & a wheeler & dealer. He's
so good at it he's managed to build an empire. You people can say it's
all marketing until the cows come home, but marketing will only take you
so far (Can you say "Pet Rock"?). The product has to have a useful
function and Messy-DOS et al do.
Neither would it break my heart to see Linux Displace DOS on the
desktop. I would not see it as any "justice", and neither would BG. He
would probably just go on a create, build and market products for Linux,
and still make money. If he's good at the game, I see no reason why he
can't make money from people willing to give it to him (Not Me though!)
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