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To: Paul Fiondella who wrote (28822)	11/7/1999 5:43:00 PM
From: Scott C. Lemon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42771

Hello Paul, <begin sarcasm> > How clear can I make it? MAKE WINDOWS FREE!!! Hmmmm ... why do the pages from Atlas Shrugged keep coming back to me ... So are we talking about SocialistWare? Or is this CommunistWare? Maybe the government should take over control of the source code. That would be a good solution. ;-) > Licensing the source code under the terms I advocate --- one time > fee and right of reuse of the source in the same and other products > for this and any subsequent versions of the Windows OS, takes MSFT > out of the OS monopoly business. So this is no longer about solving the issues of monopolistic powers ... this is about the "welfare society" and the seizing of property for the betterment of all ... how patriotic ... ;-) > IT means that anyone can sell Windows --- DELL, CPQ etc. without > paying MSFT more than a one time licensing fee. The consumer ceases > to pay for the product as part of the computer anymore. Retail > distribution becomes like Linux. I think that we need to do the same for Intel Processors! Let's have free processors for all! ;-) > The industry is not stupid, they will set up a standards committee, > to make all subsequent versions compatible. Any new versions > developed by MSFT falls under the same terms. Yes! Then we can have the OSI of Operating Systems! Software built by committee! > With this solution, the consumers benefit because Windows becomes > free, and companies like Novell benefit, because they now have an > application server they can sell, modify or include in their own > products. ... and then sit back and wonder when their products will be seized by government for free distribution to the world! <end sarcasm> Sorry ... my Ayn Rand comes back to me every now and then ... > Since everyone has what MSFT has and can sell it like MSFT does, > MSFT is effectively out of the OS monopoly business. They don't > collect a toll on every PC manufactured. We don't have to wait for > the next version of Windows to come out to fix the bugs in the last > version at another $90 cost. Ok ... you lost me on the last half of this ... you started by explaining how Microsoft would effectively be put out of business, and then in the last sentence you jumped to a conclusion that I (admittedly I know I must be stupid) just can not comprehend ... What is it that is going to rush in and provide the nirvana that you describe in the last sentence? I'm not sure that I see it ... I might be wrong ... but I don't know what it's going to be ... > You get the picture? Not entirely ... that's what I'm trying to understand ... Everyone seems to indicate that they see this incredible scenario unfolding where these "magic" resources from all over the world are going to jump into the Windows source code and make magical things occur. I don't see it ... and at the earliest I think we'll be talking about this for years ... ;-) Scott C. Lemon