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Article #35Re: Software and hardware monopoly is bad
From: Christopher R. Carlen
Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 15:08
Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 15:08
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Jem Berkes wrote: > Sorry for the rant, but I really believe that we're in for a rough ride. > The names of the technologies will change (e.g. Palladium -> NGSCB) as > people catch on to what's trying to be done with their computing. > Another naive implication of the existance of some real value for freedom. Read Erich Fromm if you get the chance. If such a value existed, we wouldn't have gotten as far along in this process as we have already. And this DRM/TCPA stuff is just one facet of a larger problem on many levels. People who have little alternative in their lives for fulfillment except for the entertainment marketed to them, will not do very much to check the ethical and social consequences of the actions of their suppliers. Just look at junkies. And everyone is still using Windows. Anyone who claims to be a human being who values freedom and democracy, and who does nothing to abandon Windows, is a hypocrite. Good day! -- ____________________________________ Christopher R. Carlen Principal Laser/Optical Technologist Sandia National Laboratories CA USA crcarle@sandia.gov
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