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Old 03-20-2010, 09:00 PM   #1
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LXer: Free Software is a democracy, NOT!


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"As a developer you want your product to be useful, not only to yourself, but also to your community. It may be a vanity thing, but that's how it works." ... "When I slowly constructed my project and my community I delved deeply into the way FOSS works. I learned a lot from Linus and the way he makes his kernel tick."

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Old 03-21-2010, 05:00 AM   #2
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Well, neither is the US or any other country, so there you go. F'k democracy.
 
Old 03-21-2010, 01:31 PM   #3
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Democracy is overrated anyways. These people wouldn't know what to do with all their freedoms. Sometimes they can end up hurting themselves, so they need protection from themselves. All hail the dictatorship.
 
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All hail Sauron, ruler of Middle Earth !
 
  


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