Linux World domination (was Re: [NCLUG] PC for Linux (Ubuntu))

[John L. Bass]

That's fine, as long as we all understand the context. There are 
however, a fair number of FOSS advocates that have a very well defined 
goal of removing all non-FOSS alternatives from the market. In that 
context, Dominate has a very different, and exact meaning that is very 
far from just humorous. Chilling is far more accurate.

John

Jim Hutchinson wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 4:46 PM, John L. Bass <jbass at dmsd.com> wrote:
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>> There is a huge difference between making the best product available for
>> whoever can use it, and advocating that use, over any form of domination
>> which stiffles other ideas. From Wikipedia, *Domination* is the condition of
>> having control or power over people, animals, or things.
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> Maybe domination here is used more humorously rather than to mean control
> over people. Would it even be possible for FOSS to dominate in that sense
> since by its very nature it aims to give control to the user.
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