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:The Linux Extremist: Marx and Linux
The Linux Extremist: Marx and Linux
Aug 6, 2006, 04 :00 UTC (17 Talkback[s]) (8165 reads)

"There is one particular breed of wacko that appears to be on the rise, however. This variant of fruit loop thinks Linux is a foreign plot, created by Communists in an attempt to destroy America's software industry. They point to the fact that Richard Stallman, the founder of the Free Software Foundation, is apparently leftist in his politics, and that Linus Torvalds' father was a Communist, as if one's politics was transmitted through one's genes. These 'Anti-Linux Patriots' cling to Windows rather like their forebears in lunacy clung to American cars, even if the Toyota next door was more reliable, had better gas mileage and didn't blow up like a Ford Pinto...."

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Things are done this way, because there  ...   Open source is Libertarian=american.   
Jacques
Aug 6, 2006, 09:09:14
 
Why are people so intent on simplifying  ...   Open Source is...   
Alan Cox
Aug 6, 2006, 15:54:31
 
I entered my Majority during the Goldwat ...   Me, a communist?   
GreyGeek
Aug 6, 2006, 19:50:11
 
I love seeing something like this pepper ...   There's no shortage of politically whacky idea   
Eric Laffoon
Aug 6, 2006, 19:50:59
 
...First of all Communism is a commonly  ...   re: There's no shortage ...   
Brandioch Conner
Aug 7, 2006, 00:38:06
 
You can't define open source or "Fre ...   Neither communist, nor capitalist   
Joe User
Aug 7, 2006, 00:48:51
 
Sorry, much of the current US big three  ...   Re: There's no shortage of politically whacky   
Rascalson
Aug 7, 2006, 01:40:29
 
There is an article about this right now ...   article about this at FSM   
Dave Guard
Aug 7, 2006, 03:46:56
 
Destroying the software industry? Openso ...   What software industry is destroyed?   
Steffen
Aug 7, 2006, 08:04:31
 
The GPL is a license agreement, the owne ...   GP License = property rights... not communist   
JaseP
Aug 7, 2006, 12:26:39
 
> And then they throw in the crack about ...   Re: There's no shortage of politically whacky   
phil
Aug 7, 2006, 14:12:22
 
> "I'm not going to argue with you t ...   Re: re: There's no shortage ...   
Bob Robertson
Aug 7, 2006, 18:49:31
 
As much as I do not wish to disagree wit ...   re: Re: re: There's no shortage ..   
Mantar
Aug 7, 2006, 21:19:12
 
...As much as I do not wish to disagree  ...   re: Re: re: There's no   
Brandioch Conner
Aug 7, 2006, 22:59:02
 
Freedom of association and mutual aid, y ...   It is anarchist   
Tom
Aug 8, 2006, 13:15:41
 
...Freedom of association and mutual aid ...   re: It is anarchist   
Brandioch Conner
Aug 8, 2006, 15:42:12
 
..Freedom of association and mutual aid, ...   Re: re: It is anarchist   
Mantar
Aug 8, 2006, 19:51:51
 
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