<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Steve Lamb wrote: <blockquote cite="mid4830C937.6020709@dmiyu.org" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Terrell Prudé Jr. wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">You're free to forego your freedom if you want. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> Forgo what freedom? See, people like you seem to forget that freedom means being able to something which seems contrary to one's interests. The full statement is freedom of choice. It isn't the outcome that matters, it is the choice. Having only "positive" outcomes as prescribed by others is no /choice/ and thus no freedom. </pre> </blockquote> I noticed that you deleted the rest of the line, after the word "want." I actually agreed with you...but maybe you just don't like the full implications? :-) As I said, you are free to let yourself get run over by a car or jump off of a very high bridge if you wish. I never denied that; it is indeed your right to do so. But when you die from doing that, don't complain. :-) Likewise, if/when Microsoft pulls out the patent or copyright nuke against anything with Mono dependencies, and your favorite piece of software goes bye-bye in the process, don't complain. If you've committed your company to something with Mono dependencies, your company gets threatened or sued, and you end up in the unemployment line, don't complain. The problem isn't making the choices. The problem is that folks like you tend to whine when you have to face the inevitable fallout of that choice. Then you cry, "Waah! Waah! Bail me out, someone, it's not my fault!" Umm...yes, it is. You had the freedom to make the choice...and you made it. Now sleep in the bed you made for yourself. --TP </body> </html>