Why Linux is not (yet) ready for the desktop

[Brian Fahrlander]

Chris Rees wrote:
> So, you're all for exploitation of workers? Pay them for however long,
> then dump them with no pension or redundancy?
>   

    Well, yeah. Other than high political office, where you get SS 
coverage the rest of your life, just how many jobs out there give 
payment-until death? I think the problem here is, unions (once 
desperately needed, but not so much any longer) have made promises 
_no_one_ can keep.  And, with most of their clients not only not 
inclined to start their own businesses, but in fact deterred from it, 
none of the due-paying folk think it's unusual.

    "Exploitation" of the workers is a necessary part of the puzzle, as 
long as we're using words with actual meanings. They get _paid_ for it, 
they have certain rules about it, but we all 'exploit' the powers of 
Linux to get our stuff done.  We "exploit" our bosses for their ability 
to pay us for our work.

    Similarly, we need both rich and poor. Where capitalism can 
flourish, poor can become rich. And rich, when they get stupid, become 
poor.  Having people on both ends makes everything work. Imagine living 
in a place where no one has money to hire an employee.

    There's nothing wrong with being "rich". Union bosses are; they're 
paid 152 TIMES the average guy on a line. George Soros is, so is Bill 
Gates. It's only wrong if those people literally stole the money from 
the poor- they didn't.

    Money is rarely a zero-sum game. Liberalism has long proffered the 
concept that, if you have money, it's because you took it from someone 
else.  But the stock market is a great example. 50 years ago, people did 
the stock thing. The numbers were lower. The numbers got higher, because 
of investment that created value: a new product, a new way-of-life 
improver like the ones we type on. They sold more of the new things, and 
the new things brought more productivity, so we *all* grew in our 
worth.  Once upon a time, that made us the marvel of the world: innovation.

    The next time you're ready to "eat the rich", stop an think were 
each and every one of your jobs came from. Ever work for a single mom on 
welfare? Ever work for a homeless guy? Get good dental from a John Doe 
drinking in the park? No: "the rich" we're suppose to hate is just like 
us, a little higher on our ladder.  We need them, they need us.  Anyone 
else telling you different is trying to get your help taking the other 
guy's money away, so you too can be on welfare, and under complete 
control of CentralPlanning.

    Good Day, Kommrade!