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<P><BR>Ok why don't we try something new...... *Lets just say in the end* (keep in mind this is a gigantic IF) if Bill Gates overcomes unix and gets a way to legally monopolize everything. Ok why not get used to the idea now. At least be bi-lingual so to speak. Know windows and unix. That is what I am trying to do. This way your on the winning side no matter what. So what if its illegal to reverse engineering. WHO CARES! It's like piracy. Unless you are a buisness the CIA or FBI is not going to bust in your door and take you off to a fed prison.</P></DIV>
<DIV>Tim Shapiro </DIV>Phoenix, Arizona
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<DIV></DIV>>From: "der.hans" <
PLUGD@LUFTHANS.COM>
<DIV></DIV>>Reply-To:
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<DIV></DIV>>To:
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<DIV></DIV>>Subject: Re: Palladium : The cure for Independence
<DIV></DIV>>Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2002 15:14:05 -0700 (MST)
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<DIV></DIV>>Am 04. Jul, 2002 schwätzte Tim Shapiro so:
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<DIV></DIV>> > Interesting point, but however hackers will prevail in the end. This is
<DIV></DIV>> > why, they don't follow the rules like Microsoft does. Even if Microsoft
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<DIV></DIV>>Microsoft follows the rules? That would explain why they keep ending up
<DIV></DIV>>being charged of anti-trust activities and why they 'embrace and extend'
<DIV></DIV>>everything...
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<DIV></DIV>> > makes their own rules it takes them a while to do it. Hackers can just do
<DIV></DIV>> > it. Once cracked software is out there not to check for the Certification
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<DIV></DIV>>We have limited resources and abilities to reverse engineer stuff. Also it
<DIV></DIV>>was announced today that 2600 will not appeal their case. That means you can
<DIV></DIV>>and will go to jail for reverse engineering.
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<DIV></DIV>> > then it will be more widley used than the actual software. Sure buisness
<DIV></DIV>> > will have to buy registered versions, even some un-intelligable
<DIV></DIV>> > consumers. So who cares if a buisness money goes to microsoft? I don't
<DIV></DIV>> > care you know why? It never was my money and never will be. Let microsoft
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<DIV></DIV>>It *is* your money. You pay the taxes that support them. You pay more for
<DIV></DIV>>products because the companies you buy from have to pay the Microsoft tax.
<DIV></DIV>>If it's not your money you live on a commune that uses no currency :).
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<DIV></DIV>>Microsoft is now using that money and their position to extract more of your
<DIV></DIV>>money from the economy.
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<DIV></DIV>> > take the internet, the software cracks are already there and will be
<DIV></DIV>> > forever.
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<DIV></DIV>>Not if the unfair, illegal, anti-competitive practices are allowed to
<DIV></DIV>>continue.
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<DIV></DIV>>Do you get upset if you feel a referee is making calls to throw a game
<DIV></DIV>>against the team you're rooting for? Most people seem to get extremely upset
<DIV></DIV>>at something like that. I would think that your fundamental freedoms are
<DIV></DIV>>more important than the outcome of a sporting event.
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<DIV></DIV>>ciao,
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<DIV></DIV>>der.hans
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https://www.LuftHans.com/
<DIV></DIV>># I chose to use the kernel sources as my documentation. ;-)
<DIV></DIV>># -- Kevin Buettner
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