[ale] Linux--threatening the American way

[Andrew Newton]

While I did know of this story, I didn't realize the remarks
were made to Congress.

I too would be interested in reading the congressional record
if anyone knows of it.

-andy

On Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 09:22:45PM -0500, Les Neste wrote:
> 
> 
> At 09:13 PM 2/15/2001 -0500, you wrote:
> >This week, Jim Allchin of Microsoft made an idiotic speech before
> >Congress, trying to persuade them that open source software was a
> >dangerous trend and something they ought to limit. He went so far as to
> >claim that it "threatens innovation". 
> 
> Good point Jim Allchin!  Competition always stifles innovation.  The best
> way to produce a superior product is to give someone monopoly power, at
> which point they'll work feverishly to invent their own replacement out of
> the goodness of their heart.
> 
> Can anyone point me to the full text of Allchin's speech?  Is there a
> "Congressional Record Online" or something like that?  
> 
> There are a couple points I'd like to rebut in a letter to my
> congresspeople -- such as pointing out the difference between the
> government "supporting open source" [sic] and the government letting open
> source continue unhindered -- but I want to base my remarks on Allchin's
> full presentation and not on out-of-context quotes.  Any help appreciated.
> 
> 
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