From:	Brett Borger <bxb121@***.EDU>
Subject:	Re: [OT] Euro question
Date:	Fri, 1 May 1998 09:42:23 +0000

> > (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...

Hmm, I need to practice speaking more...wherever my points keep
going, they aren't making it to you :)

Linux (save Caldera) doesn't use the laws of the land against anyone.
It just exists. But is keeps surviving and improving.

> 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.

That was my point though...what's going to go Boom!? Every Linux
user? Very Difficult. What else is there to go Boom!? The BBS's
that information is traded on? You'll have to kill most of existing
BBS's to get it to work. It's a meme: A concept that spreads like a
virus, difficult to stamp out.

-=SwiftOne=-
Brett Borger
SwiftOne@***.edu
AAP Techie