[ Thanks to Kelly
McNeill for this link. ]
“I’m sorry to burst your bubble, Mr. Ballmer, but Linux is not
Communism. Communism means that the government owns everything….
Which government owns Linux? None. Linux is NATURE, Steve. Linux is
open-source, just like nature is open-source. You are the pot
calling the kettle black, though: Windows is Fascism.”
“Windows is like Fascism because the government promotes it
through enforced standards (such as the IRS requirement to use a
Windows application for payroll withholdings). The government is in
fact your biggest customer, isn’t it, Steve? Not only your biggest
customer, but the governments of many countries mandate the use of
Windows and Windows applications for a variety of
citizen-government interactions. For the government to allow
private ownership of a company, but to mandate that millions of
people use its products instead of the would-be competitors — ah,
yes, Steve, that is Fascism.“