[lbo-talk] Richard Stallman goes a bit ballistic

[Andy]

On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 10:47 PM, // ravi <ravi at platosbeard.org> wrote:
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> Channeling list members? :-)
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>> Steve Jobs, the pioneer of the computer as a jail made cool, designed to sever fools from their freedom, has died.
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>> As Chicago Mayor Harold Washington said of the corrupt former Mayor Daley, "I'm not glad he's dead, but I'm glad he's gone." Nobody deserves to have to die - not Jobs, not Mr. Bill, not even people guilty of bigger evils than theirs. But we all deserve the end of Jobs' malign influence on people's computing.
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>> Unfortunately, that influence continues despite his absence. We can only hope his successors, as they attempt to carry on his legacy, will be less effective.
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>        —ravi

Amen,

Sent from my MacBook Pro

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Andy