From: CYMM (cymm@trinidad.net)
Date: Fri Sep 01 2000 - 03:54:15 MDT
PAUL HUGHES SAID: '...-> Already Microsoft has put into some of their
licensing agreements
stipulations forbidding any user of their service from disparaging the
company in any way. In other words, as long as your using a Microsoft
product (damn, I mean service) you have no freedom of speech, as you
signed that right away when you signed up for their service. If you
violate this part of the license they'll yank your privileges. It is my
understanding that a new feature implemented in Office Suite 2000, has a
mandatory connection to Big Brother (damn, I mean Microsoft). If a
connection is severed for a certain period of time your license will be
revoked..."
CYMM SAYS: If MS were a real monopoly; it would be poor marketing. Now, with
Open Source, this strategy seems to be plain stupid. "Intellectual property"
as a concept has gone wayyy too far. The pendulum is about to swing the
other way... it's a built in negative feedback loop.
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