From:	"Ojaste,James [NCR]" <James.Ojaste@**.GC.CA>
Subject:	Re: [OT] Euro question
Date:	Fri, 1 May 1998 09:17:01 -0400

Brett Borger wrote:
>> >Where would a future Linix be? Could a future Linix be?
>>
>> First off, it's "Linux". Second - you should already know the answer.
>> Basically *all* computers connected to the net were trashed and the
>> Matrix rose out of its ashes.
>
>Opps, My hideious spelling strikes again. I thought something looked
>wrong. "Linux". But you missed my point...not Linux itself, but a
>user-supported system, competing with the products of the mega-corps.

Ah. Different story altogether...

> (And don't anyone say it can't be done, because that is exactly
>what Linux is doing.) It's pretty hard to defeat it too...if a
>mega-corp is hard to hit because it's physical assets are spread,
>imagine trying to stamp out knowledge. It's a meme.

Heh - not really. A non-mega OS wouldn't have a snowball's chance
in hell. Why? Linux gets to use the laws of the land against MS.
MS can't become a monopoly. MS can't send a squad of goons to hit
Linus. The megas can...

Anything MS sees as a threat, it can only defeat through publicity.
Something that a mega sees as a threat is likely to go Boom! in the
night.

James Ojaste