[svlug] Re: A little on Open Source Philosophy... (fwd)

[Marilyn Davis]

> 
> > I suppose there are some relevant points here. Linux is code, that's all it is.
> > If you want to make a political debate over it then really you/we are going in a
> > tail chasing circle, and making damn fools of our selves.

Software is more than code.  It's the architecture upon which we
increasingly live and the key to our future.  It's the medium through
which the good guys will eventually win in this world.

And yes, Linux is socialistic, or communal, or whatever you name
endeavors done for social good rather than personal gain.

It's a stake to the heart of the neoliberal economic model.

"Neoliberalism"?  That's the term invented by the Zapatistas, for the
philosophy of Gates, etc., where money is god, above all human
considerations.  It drives NAFTA, sweatshops, and genocide in Chiapas.

But there's no stopping anti-neoliberalism.  The open-software will
increasingly gain on the neoliberal model because the quality gap will
continue to grow.  While the profit-motive software can start faster,
the community software comes up surer.

Good times ahead.

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p.s.  I'm new, and was attracted by the tea party!  Hurrah!!!!


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