From:	Lehlan Decker <decker@****.FSU.EDU>
Subject:	Re: "Free" Software (was: Euro question)
Date:	Fri, 1 May 1998 14:48:48 -0500

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> At 01:48 PM 5/1/98 -0500, Lehlan wrote:
> >Possibly. But your forgetting that true "geeks" would never work for
> the
> >megas. :) Employees are the drones, the unthinking sheep. No matter
> >how geeky they are. True geeks are the independents. :)
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> Oh, please. If only 'True' geeks were to run this new OS that we've
> been speculating about, then the userbase would never be wide enough
> to remotely pose a threat to the Mega's iron griped control on what
> runs on people's computers.
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> If it's big enough to worry the megas then it has to be apealing to to
> the 'just geeky' also, and not just to the 'True' geek.
>
I was being sarcastic. Besides even the "just geeky" population, isn't
large enough to pose a threat to the megas. Besides most of us who do have
linux or something else running, also have Windows, MSoffice etc. So they aren't loosing
money over us. :)

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