[ale] M$ gets record fine

Geoffrey lists at serioustechnology.com
Thu Feb 28 08:46:47 EST 2008


JK wrote:
> Robert Reese wrote:
> 
>> Open Source is the "Chinese Finger Puzzle" of the business world.  It
>> is counter-intuitive, much like gun toten' to liberals.  For those
>> people that believe that less guns means more safety, they cannot
>> understand how arming potential victims (like college students of
>> today) can actually increase safety and security.
> 
> This might possibly be true, if you didn't just arm them, but
> also taught them about reasonable firearm safety, security,
> and responsibility.

We could make the same argument for parenting as well..  Too many people 
are 'armed' to produce offspring without considering the long term 
consequences.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little
temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
  - Benjamin Franklin


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