OSS == "anti-american"

[Cliff]

I don't know if I want to get into a huge philosophical debate but...

One of the newest attacks on open source IMO is the idea that Open 
Source is anti-capitalism and thus "anti american" or against the 
"american way".  This line of attack was taken recently by Bill Gates in 
the antitrust trials I think...

Now, I suspect this has struck a chord with some in government as I read 
the /. article about the U.S. State Department arguing with foreign 
countries over their support for Open Source Software.

http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/01/27/2045236.shtml?tid=117&tid=103

I don't know what will become of all this.  How would you fight this 
argument?  It seems you would have to persuade "hard-liners" that 
anti-capitalism is not a necessarily a threat to "the american way of life".

This attack is scary stuff to me...

Cliff