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Re:Miguel de Icaza responds to latest RMS article by axod on Tuesday October 06, 2009 @12:12PM (#864476)
>> "Of course, it is not forcing, you can stay not opening the attachment, suppress the curiosity."

Exactly. So comparing it to slavery is ridiculous.

You're right though, they are interlinked. Still, no one is forcing anyone to use proprietary software.

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Re:Miguel de Icaza responds to latest RMS article by omouse on Tuesday October 06, 2009 @12:23PM (#864509)
The comparison to slavery may not be very good, I agree.

However, he is making a valid point and you are neglecting to see it.

Not everyone is a super-man that can ignore the influences of their environment. We have to deal with other people and their sometimes strange ideas and you're assuming that we don't, or at least you're assuming that there are no negative consequences for ignoring the rest of the environment and doing what you want.

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Re:Miguel de Icaza responds to latest RMS article by axod on Tuesday October 06, 2009 @02:03PM (#864778)
>> "or at least you're assuming that there are no negative consequences for ignoring the rest of the environment and doing what you want."

You're right. I don't think there are. But then I'm completely against the minimum wage for similar reasons. You're not forced to get a particular job.

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