[LINK] Is free software ?communist?? Maybe yes...

[Deus Ex Machina]

a lot of gobledigook. the problem isnt that floss is communist, the
problem is that communists get a woodie about anything that isnt
privately owned and so latch on to floss like flies to shit or is it
shit to flies?

Vic


Kim Holburn [kim at holburn.net] wrote:
> For the wing nut:
> 
> Is free software ?communist?? Maybe yes...
> http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/node/1707
> 
> And some interesting discussion of it (unusual for digg)
> http://digg.com/software/Is_free_software_communist_Maybe_yes
> 
> >A cornerstone of communism is the lack of a free market, especially  
> >a market in which goods are provided by a very few number of  
> >vendors. Often, the vendors' markets are geographically dispersed  
> >so as to avoid direct competition. That bread, fruits and many  
> >other goods were in short supply in the U.S.S.R. was not a result  
> >of laziness on the part of the people, but as a result of private  
> >(nee "government) control on the production and distribution channel.
> >
> >Microsoft is more communistic than Linux ever can be. After all, it  
> >is not Linux that is denying consumer the rights to computers with  
> >Linux installed but Microsoft and its OEM partners.
> 
> >The existence of a single product in the market, created by an  
> >incredibly powerful monopolistic vendor and sold to a population  
> >who have practically no choice but to use that product sure does  
> >sound like communism.......and Windows (tm)
> 
> 
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