World Domination?

[Andy]

On 4/12/05, Michael Scottaline <mscottaline at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/12/05, Philippe Landau <lists at mailry.net> wrote:
> > John or Margaret Montgomery wrote:
> > >>- A single united goal of inter-project and inter-distribution
> > >>collaboration and Total World Domination.
> > >>
> > >>* We aim to be a commercial *and* community project 
> > >>--
> > >>Glanz
> > >>
> > >
> > > Hi Glanz,
> > >
> > > Are you serious?
> > > We are currently in a situation where there is near total world
> dominance and I do not like it. That is why I have had a MS free computer
> for a couple of years now.
> > >
> > > Surely you mean a world where everyone has a choice.
> > >
> > > If you or Ubuntu ever threaten to become 'totally world dominant' Then
> you will be the enemy and I shall do all I can to cut you back to a
> reasonable size.
> > >
> > > Sincerely
> > >
> > > John Montgomery
> > 
> > Good to hear you, John.
> > 
> > They are playing with these words,
> > making it look like it's all just jokes,
> > but you just have to look at the power structure 
> > of Canonical/Ubuntu to know that they don't shell out
> > 20 million dollars in 2 years just for a joke.
> > 
> > Software has become a dominant factor in our world
> > and while trying to replace Windows seems great,
> > few are waking up to the fact that
> > we are being steered towards new monopolies.
> > 
> > Mark Shuttleworth is calling it the "battle for the desktop".
> > And those not laughing in the chorus and swallowing
> > "humanity towards others" sugar coating, while the general 
> > directs his troops and our computers, are excommunicated.
> > 
> ===================================
>  Better get my foil hat, methinks.....
>  Chill pill, anyone???
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> sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." 
> - Galileo Galilei 
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Linux controls what....2% - 5% of the world desktop market?  Of that
Ubuntu controls a tiny fraction of that.

No offense.  But this conversation seems misplaced, silly, and not productive.




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