[ubuntu-uk] Digital economy bill

[Daniel Case]

Open source threatens capitalism....what the hell :S

More like "It threatens out business so we dont like it" I thought
competition was meant to be good for the economy??

On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 4:53 PM, John Matthews <jakewc2 at sky.com> wrote:
> The problem is, you do that, and you get this happen, which is what I
> posted about earlier this week.
>
> http://mashable.com/2010/02/24/open-source-threatens-capitalism/
>
> It seems that Open source is a threat to capitalism, and those who are
> loosing money because of it, are beginning to fight back.
>
> John
>
> On 07/04/10 16:50, paula at fossbox.org.uk wrote:
>> lol
>>
>> / www.fossbox.org.uk
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>>
>>
>> jim.cameron at buhlersortex.com wrote:
>>
>>>> On 6 April 2010 23:18, doug livesey<biot023 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> And if you're as appalled as other people, this may come in
>>>>> handy: http://www.38degrees.org.uk/page/speakout/extremeinternetl
>>>>> You never know -- democracy might actually work.
>>>>> I know, I know ...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Ok I've emailed my MP.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Most likely too little too late, but I also.
>>>
>>> It did occur to me, though, that if everybody in the UK who uses Linux chipped in a few quid, we could buy a pretty nice holiday for Peter Mandelson. That's apparently how laws get passed in this country these days; we could probably get Windows outlawed completely. Anybody want to have a go?
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~Daniel