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Story: Gates: Restricting IP rights is tantamount to communism
Posted by: BURNAND Patrick (Saturday 8 January 2005, 11:41 AM)
Beside the fact that this is nothing more than FUD against Open source, Bill Gates is completely wrong on this topic...
Patents and IP generally are state-monopolies granted to particular companies. State monopolies is a typical characteristic of socialist and communist systems.
This is the exact opposite of a free market based on competition.
If Gates wants to continue to discredit Microsoft, saying that opposition to IP is communism is the best thing he can do... With the second "Blue Screen of Death" on TV, MS will loose most of its credibility...
I oppose IP rights precisely because I'm a libertarian and believe in free markets...
I oppose to IP rights because I see everyday the damage made by such scheme to the computer market and the consumers.
IP rights lead to completely absurd things: if internal combustion engines were patented, GM would not be allowed to build cars ! There would be only one car manufacturer for the whole world. (perhaps Mercedes or a french brand).
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Story: Gates: Restricting IP rights is tantamount to communism
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The magic word "communism" always seems to be used... Arthur B. -
Are we suddenly back in the 1950s? Perhaps Mr... Chris Rankin -
I agree with Arthur B.
Mr Gates should read... Micheal H
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Gates is precisely correct: communism operat... Brent Roberts
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Confusion between IP rights and copyrigh... Steve B -
Brent Roberts is wrong.
"Gates is precis... Kevin Peacock
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There can be so such 'rights' which... Brent Roberts -
Brent. Sigh. Communism has not... Arthur B.
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If a requisite of "skills, kno... Brent Roberts
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Brent. I would like to recomme... Arthur B.
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An interesting debate Brent, b... Kevin Peacock
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Lets stick with the mousetrap... Brent Roberts
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A good reply Arthur.
Brent, I... Kevin Peacock
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Hi Brent, what OO version are you using... ricardo mardisich
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Ricardo – I'm using version 1.1.1.... Brent Roberts
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Oh bugger off, the world's a better place with win... samuel
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Samuel,
Replying to you in the same vein as y... Andy
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Not much ammunition left for Mr Gates.
I... Anonymous
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The world Mr Gates wants to see has far more in co... Kevin Peacock
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I see he's had to resort to name-calling again.
So... Steve J
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World is much worse off thanks to MS and IBM... Steve B
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I think that Gates is unwanted and unnee... NJ
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Kevin. Well said. Very well said.
B... Arthur B.
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"Its eyes ever set on the competition, Microsoft w... Ricardo Mardisich
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"the world... ricardo mardisich
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Ricardo, thanks for your comment. We wou... Matt Loney
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Beside the fact that this is nothing more than FUD... BURNAND Patrick -
I find Bill Gates comments on mesh networking inte... Andy Coney
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In a similar discussion on IP rights on a dif... Mark Jones
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