----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Grimes" <cgrimes at rawbw.com>
It's a little like terrorizing capital. It may not overthrow them, but they can never win either. Open software threatens stalemate---at least in this very narrow field. But it is an important stalemate to achieve, because this particular technology layer is part of the basis for global level communication. And if there is anything people do more of than talk to each other, I'd like to hear about it. So indirectly the stakes are pretty high.
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Yes, yes, but "the word 'dog' doesn't bite"; language/communication is mere historical epiphenomena compared to where the real action is --the forces of production!
Ian [yes the above is sarcasm]