> For in that uncaring I find many of the things wrong with this world. To make this somewhat on topic I fully appreciate what the Fedora project and the thousands of OSS enthusiasts that release/support/enhance open source software are doing for the computing industry, and I applaud them. I just think that maybe there are other good things in the world as well. For example (and to stay off topic a bit): Last year alone the Gates Foundation donated a tad over 7,000,000,000 to various medical and educational programs. Count the zero's my friend. I fully realize that they price gouge and everything they stand for is against OSS, but 7 billion donated to the world's future each year. That's not a bad thing. Check them out, www.gatesfoundation.org. Please don't reply to this forum if you have to bash me, email me personally @ shepmagoo@xxxxxxxxxx I probably won't reply, but we don't need to pollute the list any further. > -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Rodolfo J. Paiz > Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 9:38 PM > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: OT: Re: Does "Micro$oft" sucks...? > > At 02:52 2/23/2004, you wrote: > >Microsoft may suck, but as long as you get some buck$ (or â'¬uros) for > it, > >who cares? > > I care. > > I care for others, so I care that the entire world gets screwed, and that > some people consider that "as long as they get some bucks, who cares?" > > I care for those "less fortunate," and so I care that 90% of the world's > population does not have access to a computer and that the monopolistic > pricing with which Microsoft is gouging those of us who *can* pay are > preventing that number from dropping. > > I care for those in less-wealthy countries, having to take out a loan to > buy a computer to try to do business, or keep their job, or educate their > kids, when Microsoft has roughly $45,000,000,000 in CASH at the time, not > counting any other assets or ongoing profit. That's over $200 for every > man, woman, and child in the USA, or roughly $9 for every human being on > Earth... and for some of those humans, $9 is riches beyond belief. > > I care for my business, which makes more of a profit (or avoids suffering > losses) when not forced to pay Microsoft more for their software than I > paid for the actual computers. I care for my stockholders, who chose to > invest in ME and to whom I owe the responsibility of making their money > work as hard as possible. > > I care that Microsoft's behavior has consistently been proven (not shown, > proven in a court of law) to be unethical, and I care that the US > government seems disinclined to do anything about it. > > I care that I lose work, time, blood, toil, sweat, tears, and money every > time a Microsoft computer crashes. > > I care that some (like you, Alex?) may be too uninformed, uninterested, or > unintelligent to see why they should care. > > I care that many choose not to care. > > For in that uncaring I find many of the things wrong with this world. > > > -- > Rodolfo J. Paiz > rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.simpaticus.com
