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   XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy, comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: justin@nobecauseihatespam.org   
      
   In article   
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    Rex Ballard  wrote:   
      
   > On Jun 30, 11:50 pm, Justin  wrote:   
   > > In article   
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   > >  Rex Ballard  wrote:   
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   > > > On Jun 30, 8:49 am, chrisv  wrote:   
   > > > > Justin wrote:   
   > > > > >Some people are forced to use teh Doze.  Its unfortunate because they   
   > > > > >hate it and the first chance they get they'll switch.   
   > >   
   > > > > Well, with $billions at stake, rest assured that the Microshaft Corp   
   > > > > is working hard to prevent people from having that chance.   
   > >   
   > > > Yes, nearly 80% of Microsoft's $60 billion/year revenue is dependent   
   > > > on Windows.  To protect that revenue stream, Microsoft spends nearly   
   > > SNIP   
   > > > countermeasures included enforcement of it's trademark rights, forcing   
   > > > the PCs that ran Linux to be turned off, boxed up, and locked up in a   
   > > > way that even the box would be hard to find.  Furthermore, the   
   > > > retailers were not allowed to advertise the Linux device in any ad   
   > > > containing any Microsoft trademarks.   
   > >   
   > > So I shouldn't feel bad spending $5.00 for a customer's laptop?  Even if   
   > > it illegal?   
   > >   
   > > I lied.   
   > > I cheated.   
   > > I bribed men to cover the crimes of other men.   
   > > I am an accessory to grand theft.   
   > > But the most damning thing of all...   
   > > I think I can live with it.   
   > > And if I had to do it all over again, I would.   
   > > I can live with it.   
   > > I *can* live with it.   
   >   
   > You do realize that the penalty for copyright violation is up to 5   
   > years in federal prison, per offense and up to $150,000 in fines and   
   > penalties per offense.   
   >   
   > Microsoft would be willing to settle, if you are willing to grant them   
   > numerous concessions and engage in other criminal acts on their   
   > behalf, such as collusion, espionage, blackmail, and extortion.   
   >   
   > Those crimes have even bigger penalties.   
   >   
   > Microsoft will pay $2 billion per year for settlements to protect it's   
   > own people, but you're on your own.   
      
   They'll never take me alive!   
      
   You have to understand the law exists for two reasons, to keep stupid   
   people from hurting themselves and to keep the poor in line.   
   The rest of us can do pretty much whatever we want short of a capital   
   crime.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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