Win32 Software

[Brian Densmore]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Hutchins
> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 10:50 AM
> To: kclug at kclug.org
> Subject: Re: Win32 Software
> 
> 
> On Tuesday 28 October 2003 10:32 am, Rusty wrote:
> 
> > > Preaching at them just confirms that we're a bunch of 
> weird fanatics
> > > following some obscure anti-Microsoft cause.
> 
...
> 
> Think about how you feel about people standing around handing 
> out religious 
> tracts...  Maybe it's cool by you, but it turns me off.
> 
> What bugs me particularly is Jason's characterization of the 
> software list as 
> a "hook" to his manifesto - a way to suck people in.  All 
> that's going to do 
> is make people say "aww, this isn't a software list, it's 
> some stupid geek 
> rant, I've been sucked in".  The document goes on the floor 
> 
Did anybody actually read Jason's "Manifesto"?
It reads more like a question and answer memo.
I only found useful information in it. An ounce of 
truth is an excellent form of advertisement.

<OT rant>
Also, many people completely misunderstand Karl Marx's
"Communist Manifesto". Karl Marx was a brilliant
economist. In fact the principles he put forward
are in widespread use today [and required reading
in Economics 101 courses]. No not in China, Cuba
or any other "Communist" country. The most widespread
use of Karl Marx's economic principles are right here
in the good ole' US of A. Karl Marx's principles are
the basis of all modern free trade and open market
societies. Ironically, Russia is now rebuilding itself
on Karl Marx's tenets, and not Lenin's corruption of them.
</rant>

Brian