OSS == "anti-american"

[Dejan Nikic]

I don't know why is capitalism always so connected with USA.  If USA was a
trully and uterly a capitalism we would be in much deeper shit now, and I
don't think that many of us would have all these nice lives we have.

All I'm saying is screw capitalism and of course HASTA LA VICTORIA
SIEMPRE.  :)



On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, 'The Buddha' Doug McLean wrote:

> Besides, I would imagine that "pinkos" like me would simply reply that
> America was founded on values like freedom, diversity and liberty, and
> that's what OSS is all about.  Even capitalism, in the ideal sense,
> encompasses those same values, so it would seem that OSS is more
> capitalistic than proprietary stuff, which sounds more totalitarian to
> "bleeding-heart liberals" like me.  :)
>
> Doug McLean
> Department of Microbiology
> http://faculty.washington.edu/dougmc
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> Meanwhile, in Gotham, David Talkington wrote:
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> > > 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".
> >
> > *shrug* Let run its course.  Protectionism is not capitalism, and it will
> > erode our competitive advantage.  I don't think most of the world is
> > terribly concerned about what our government thinks of their software
> > choices.  ;-)
> >
> > - -d
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> > David Talkington
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