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Hello Tom - 

CA>> I don't happen to know for a fact that Robertson didn't
CA>> finagle others into investing in his scheme and I doubt
CA>> that you would know where his money comes from either. He
CA>> may have invested _zero_ at this point. 

TW> Well many others know that. HE has invested HEAVELY is OWN
TW> money he made from the sale of MP3.com. He really didn't
TW> have any need for the money of others. 

Yes, the _other_ grab to profit from work he did not pay for
(free music files). 

TW> And his clone of iTunes is taking off and he is making
TW> another bundle to invest in ventures. And that one just may
TW> Brea kthe back of the Media Mogils screwing the Artists. We
TW> should al lcongratulate his to trying ot do that. NOT
TW> critize him for making a little money. 

I will congratulate him when I know that HE doesn't keep the
lion's share of the money paid for the music. 

CA>> If you _own_ and _use_ a Linspire system then you are
CA>> expressing the opinion of a satisfied customer. If you do
CA>> _not_ then you are restating the opinions expressed in
CA>> their advertisedments. 

TW> I have expressed litle rorm their advertizements. btu have
TW> drawn form Reviews of those that HAVE used the system and
TW> are Imprressed. 

That means your absolutes are third party at best. 

TW> IT WO KS and is CHEEP. The Amercian Dream. 

If "IT WORKS and is CHEAP" is the American Dream then the
American Dream is of prison labor camps. 

CA>> I seriously doubt that. There is no mechanism whereby he
CA>> could pay just the programmers who worked on the Linux
CA>> kernel nor is there a mechanism whereby he could repay
CA>> those who worked on the rest of Linux (the GNU portion). 

TW> NOR does have an obligation to. 

These are the business scenarios that Robertson is attracted
to. Product for free the he can sell. What a guy! 

TW> Is it NOT the whole purpose of LINUX fro those intersted to
TW> take the CORE and develop it for practical uses. As long of
TW> course as your output is made avaialble freely to others.
TW> And was it not you that said one could download the
TW> Linspire ISO for FREE? 

No, I never mention Linspire or Lindows. Linspire isn't free
because Robertson is so generous. It is his only way to avoid a
lawsuit. It's a requirement of the FSF/GNU GPL contract. 

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