Theo de Raddt make funny joke in mg text editor.

Theo > Bill > RMS

>Helping Africans that failed for thousands of years to help themselves

Yeah no.

>>31267208 (OP)
Not OP

but you also realize that proprietary software is usually better, and that companies cannot thrive on muh freedums

>>31267208 (OP)
>RMS can't jump over a chair

>>31267208 (OP)
>be really rich
>taxes want to eat you alive
>donate a pittance
>write it off
>keep monies

>>31267251
Maybe they can't help themselves because they have no resources to do so.
I'd like to see you "helping yourself" in the middle of Nigeria.

enough

of

this

shitposting!

>>31267251
Help themselves with what?

No, Bill is just a special kind of evil.
First he rules the business world with an iron fist and becomes the richest man ever, and then he feeds black people just enough so that they reproduce (like tribbles) but not enough so they're not starving and in horrible suffering their entire lives.
He actually wanted to increase the population of africa so there would be more starving children.

>>31267276
William gave so much of his wealth he actually descended from richest man in the world, to 2nd.
I'd like to see you do that.

Bill Gates is a wonderful person, but you cant guarantee every guy earning millions from Microsoft after him will be wonderful people too.

Anyway, just use what you want to use for your needs. Politics should be put aside.

>>31267277
>I'd like to see you "helping yourself" in the middle of Nigeria.
Dude. Millions of years ago africa was the cradle of the world.
They pretty much all left that shithole and eventually became Americans.

Nigerians should do it again.
Just leave that shithole.

>>31267259
OP here, and I agree.

>>31267259
>A study of the Linux source code has 0.17 bugs per 1000 lines of code while proprietary software generally scores 20-30 bugs per 1000 lines

>>31267277
>because they have no resources to do so.
Ah this excuse: Protip: The starvation started when the white farmers left.
Apart from the oil and diamonds, and the land that they could farm but don't, they really don't have much in terms of natural resources.

>>31267263
>>31267263
/thread..

>>31267308
PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE STRONG!

>>31267285
Bill gates donated 10 billion dollars for vaccines
>10 billion dollars
>Not enough
wat.

>he feeds black people
>vaccines
wat.

>>31267308
[citation needed]

and that does not account for other variables. Such as the general complexity of proprietary software over freedom.

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>Gates did more for humanity than RMS ever will do in all his lifetime
He gave his money away to impoverished people, woopdie fucking donkey tits. It'll likely only last them, at most, a few years or a decade. Meanwhile, the idea of free software is going to continue to benefit mankind in terms of freedom of choice and speech for as long as software exists.

>>31267296
That is quite true

>>31267345
Hey if they're dying of diseases, that's too fast. Starvation is much slower and torturous. All those lives that he saved he saved so he could watch them starve to death instead, since the more people alive, the less food they eat.

>>31267295
Big deal, it's not like he'd ever be able to spend the money he has in the first place. The fact that he ever accrued that much wealth to begin with only shows how flawed the modern capitalist system of the US is.

>>31267310
>Other than the two most valuable things on the planet.

They can farm it but they choose not to because it's much easier to let Willie Gates ship food to them.

>>31267276
>I will give all my monies away
>that will show dur gubment
>muh freedoms
>murka

>>31267348
>the idea of free software is going to continue to benefit mankind
I see nobody dying over propetary software
What I do see, is people starving to death
You tell me what's more important.

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>>31267372

>>31267362
Vaccines prevent diseases, not cure them idiot.

>>31267390
What's the point of being able to eat when you live in chains?

Not really.

Bill Gates is hooking kids on Windows. He's a wolf on sheep clothing.

>>31267403
I never stipulated that this was the case.

>>31267390
Cool, he saved a very few select people. He never actually solved the problems that got said people into that situation to begin with. Freedom of expression is more important than the lives of a few niggers.

>>31267408
This. Two-hundred years ago a the sentiment was similar in the USA.

>>31267277
they are
to western europe

>helping some niggers
>instead of helping poor americans
He can fuck himself for all I care.

>>31267399
What, you think anyone deserves more money than they could ever spend in their lifetime, even if they lived for 500 years? You think anyone on this earth deserves more money than many countries on the planet?

>>31267372
Actually it's easier than it sounds.
He could've bought a part of Apple, or other companies that compete with Microsoft.
Yet he did not.
Although you do have a point regarding the capitalist system.

>>31267408
>>31267408
I'd rather it in virtual chains than not eat at all.

>>31267431
Too bad the US has devolved hideously over the years. A bunch of freedom hating cowards nowadays.

>>31267445
Oh right, apple.
So Steve Jobs could dona- wait a second
Steve jobs just hoarded his money and shared it around with his jew friends.

>>31267408
I don't know, ask those who starve.

>>31267445
>Middle class man founding his own company and doing so well that he becomes the richest person in the world
>Problem with capitalism

Step up Schlomo.

>>31267441
If they earned it, then yes.
And even more if then he donated it.

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New topic, if you were Bill, what would you do with all that money???

I'd do alot of things and one thing I'll do is buy a lot of muslim virgins. You know those arab girls have the curves.

>>31267472
To be truthful that is a preferential situation.

Africa has too many people to feed in its current situation.

>>31267474
That's the difference between S.J. and William

>>31267483
Yeah, that's a fucking problem. He contributed making shit software, and forced people to use it. That's all he ever did, and he in no way deserved the kind of money he got from it.

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>>31267504

pic related, not a muslim girl but she has curvy bod, that's what i meant

>>31267482
Protip: It's this attitude that ended slavery. Hell, it's this attitude that FOUNDED YOUR FUCKING COUNTRY

>>31267482
Is that an appeal to emotion I see⸮

>>31267497
>If they earned it
"Earned" is such a pointless word in this context. The fuck do you mean, "earned"? How did he "earn" it?

>>31267482
Sorry I don't speak nigger

>>31267504
I'd kill everyone in Persia.

Islam is a blight.

>>31267508
>too many people to feed in its current situation
>too many people to feed
>too many people

you do realize that if 'Murica spent like, half their military bugdet on feeding the poor, world hunger would be solved?
The food is there, the resources are there, what's not there is more people like William, willing to actually do shit.

>>31267532
Go back to Canada you freedom hating scum.

>>31267408
wait. Are you really comparing proprietary software to the chains of slavery.

hahahaohwow.jpg

You are some kind of special.
>First world problems are more important than starving

>>31267527
He founded Microsoft, made solid business decisions and capitalized on an emerging technology. I'm a free software advocate and I can see that what he did was worthy of his harvest.

Africa has all the resources it needs.

They wanted independence, but neglected to consider the fact that they would have to fight the world market to sell their goods. The africans bluntly assumed that it was business as usual and refused to develop and adapt their goods only to get outmaneuvered.

After WW2 it was assumed Africa would quickly develop to be on par with western Europe while eastern Asia would degenerate into barbarism.

>>31267527
By creating a company from scratch, maybe?
By selling software and computer hardware, maybe?

>>31267541
The food is there but they do not farm.

The diamonds are there but they do not dig.

The oil is there but they do not drill.

Can you see where I'm going?

>>31267563
>After WW2 it was assumed Africa would quickly develop to be on par with western Europe while eastern Asia would degenerate into barbarism.
What kind of retard would assume that?

>>31267556
OP here, completely agree.

>>31267556
Computers are our tools. They're the modern world's spanner, hammer, axe.
When you cut down a tree, do you want to do it in chains?
Proprietary software is modern day slavery. In hundreds of years people will look back, hipsters will be wearing 'sorry for enslaving you with proprietary software' t-shirts and using non-free code as penance.

>>31267581
most of the world economists at that time
under white colonial rule africa was developing rapidly

Idk what cave you live in but Bill Gates has been one of the favourite topics of conspiracy theories, those vaccine he gives are actually making ppl sick and those food are gmo foods (genetically modified, like corn)

>>31267581
The one who observed mainland China and Japan after 1945.

Asia was in the shitter but they got it together quick sharp.

>>31267558
>He founded Microsoft
One of the worst companies ever made.
>made solid business decisions
Created a monopoly and participated in shady and scrupulous business practices.
>and capitalized on an emerging technology
Stole other people's work and ideas to use in his journey to the top of the economic ladder.

>>31267608
obviously

>>31267579
LOOK MOM, I GOTS A DIAMOND.
What the fuck do you expect them to do with diamonds? It's not like they can ship them.
Also, you mean working on mafia controlled diamond fields?
Yeah, that sounds viable.

>>31267445
Oh yeah let's get rid of competitors and establish a monopoly surely we'll get away with it. How come they never thought about this before????

>>31267600
GMO foods are about the only thing keeping Africa from collapsing.

Frankly, GMO foods are the only thing keeping the entire human race from collapsing.

>>31267617
>saying bad things about Willy B "Dynamite" Gates
hes going to come down here and pimp hand you

>>31267600
Do you also wear a tin foil hat?
Please, grow the fuck up and open your eyes.

>>31267598
Rapidly, but not that fast and not all of it. And despite the state eastern Asia was in it was not that bad so they would devolve into barbarism.

>>31267617
>Life's not fair! Waah! Why do bad things happen to good people‽

Seriously, global rule 2.

>>31267593
You have to be trolling, because I refuse to believe that you are this ignorant.
Proprietary software is modern day capitalism.

Your analogy is flawed. A better analogy is when you cut down a tree with a chainsaw, do you want to do it without the schematics of the circuitry of the chainsaw?
In which I answer, fuck yes. I don't want the schematics, give me the chainsaw so I can cut down the goddamn tree

>>31267626
I find it funny that hippies want organic food and stuff like that.
Organic food is much less land efficient and cost efficient than regular food. Nice first world problems to have when your food is too cheap, right? Fucking hippies. They actively support the slow, torturous deaths of millions. Sure, abandon your high efficiency farms to grow wholefood! That'll solve world hunger.

Giving money to Africans helps no one; least of all the Africans.

>>31267620
Why do you think the diamond fields are controlled by criminals?

>>31267617
>worst companies ever made
that's subjective, and has little to do with my point
>created a monopoly
Yeah, because he forced IBM to sell his software, and forced APPLE to be a shit company.
If Windows owns the market, it's because the users let it happen. Nobody has a gun to their head when it comes to choosing your OS.

>>31267656
Except any good tool will come with schematics.

Frankly I wouldn't buy a tool I wasn't allowed to repair or modify.

>>31267656
This is win.

>>31267684
Well, they do now. I agree that Microsoft earned their majority marketshare but the fact that governments collude with them is proof, if it was needed, that it's not capitalism that's failing here.

>>31267372
>Capitalism allows you to make as much money as you want.
>He makes more money than anyone.
It worked very well.

>>31267714
epic

>>31267676
Then who do you suggest we donate the money to? Her Royal Queen Of England?

>>31267677
well they are controlled by africans

>>31267684

are you retarded? you've never heard of oem with pre-built windows on them? tard tard?

>Nobody has a gun to their head when it comes to choosing your OS.

chromebook has chromeOS pre-built on the laptop and guess what its the most selling laptop on Amazon.com

tard tard

>>31267730
It would be more accurate to say that it allows you to make as much money as you're prepared to earn.

Of course there hasn't been a capitalist economy in the West for a hundred years so the point is moot.

>>31267709
that's not the point. the point is comparing chains vs schematics.

Which is comparing slavery or proprietary, vs starving people.

This person is right:
>>31267463

>>31267744
Or the EFF if you really care.

>>31267709
You are allowed to repair or modify windows.
Within a limited field, and I know it's not completely ethic and that's where Microsoft fails, but hey, most users don't even know how to repair their computers.
I wouldn't buy a car that's "open source" because I wouldn't know how to modify it.
If I crash, I call my car vendor and ask them to repair it.

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>>31267709
Don't buy a hammer, and live your fox_and_the_grapes life without hammering a nail.
Also warez, cracker and hacker scenes are most important for our freedoms than the fucking free software 12 year old kid learning to code.
>lrn2 reverse engineering

>>31267259
funny joke, everybody laugh

>>31267759
>It would be more accurate to say that it allows you to make as much money as you're prepared to earn.
Arguing semantics.
>Of course there hasn't been a capitalist economy in the West for a hundred years so the point is moot.
This is your opinion.

>>31267738
Stanley Cohen (or his foundation).

>>31267751

This.

If you have pre-built O.S. on the hardware that's what ppl would use, chromeBook and oem's proved this....and apple

>>31267727
Yeah you're right there, but that's what separates the real world from an utopic society.

>>31267656
yeah but a chainsaw can't spy on you and steal sensitive information (well it could but that would be pretty strange)

>>31267774
actually that already happens with cars
with VoltsWagen if you use any aftermarket parts it voids your warranty

>>31267744
What for? They don't really need it, do they?
Oh wait, they do, cause they live in a capitalist society, where companies compete with each other, not help each other.

>>31267208 (OP)
things you do wrong > things you do right

>>31267208 (OP)
>>31267208 (OP)
Whos RMS?

>>31267811
Says you.

>>31267793
>well it could but that would be pretty strange
Exactly the same argument for proprietary software. be less paranoid

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>>31267777
le quads speaked the truth
Also check my captcha

>>31267800
>if you use any aftermarket parts it voids your warranty
Uh what
I'd understand if it was like "if you use third party software on the car's in built computer" as relevant, but aftermarket shit has been voiding warranties since forever.

>>31267751
Yeah i've heard of pre-built windows laptops. I bought one myself.
Then I proceeded to download Debian and after 2 hours I was running GNU/Linux.

>Chromebooks
Then don't buy chromebooks tard tard

>>31267785
It's not semantics - to say that system X allows someone as much money as they _want_ is wrong.

To say that the markets of the west are not capitalist is not a matter of opinion but one of fact. Governments involving themselves with private companies (as something other than a client) lose the right to call themselves capitalist with a straight face.

>>31267815
the fag king of lunix

>>31267827
oh, and wireshark

>>31267777
>dat image
mysides.jpg

>>31267843
>To say that the markets of the west are not capitalist is not a matter of opinion but one of fact.
[Citation needed]
>Want
>Prepared to earn
Arguing semantics.

>>31267774
No, you're not allowed to repair or modify Windows.

Windows 7 Professional EULA section 8:

SCOPE OF LICENSE. The software is licensed, not sold. This agreement only gives you some rights
to use the features included in the software edition you licensed. Microsoft reserves all other rights.
Unless applicable law gives you more rights despite this limitation, you may use the software only as
expressly permitted in this agreement. In doing so, you must comply with any technical limitations in
the software that only allow you to use it in certain ways. You may not
· work around any technical limitations in the software;
· reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the software, except and only to the extent that
applicable law expressly permits, despite this limitation;
· use components of the software to run applications not running on the software;
· make more copies of the software than specified in this agreement or allowed by applicable law,
despite this limitation;
· publish the software for others to copy;
· rent, lease or lend the software; or
· use the software for commercial software hosting services.

>>31267789
>chromebooks and oem's proved this... and apple
Yeah I know, and that's why Google and Apple suck
Yet we're talking about William and his company, not Steve and his ex-company

>>31267483
>Middle class man

He's called William Henry Gates III you retard.

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>>31267793
So silly
Don't you know? Modern chainsaws come with hidden camuras and microphones that are connected wirelessly to the FBI and if they hear you say "Linux" or "FSF" you are brought to justice
>muh freedums

>>31267836

oh wow, you installed leeenux on your machine, good for you, want a cookie?

The point I was trying to make is that most of hte people aren't knowledgeable into installing a different O.S. and use the machine with what's already in it.

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>>31267830
>browsing /b/
>having 532 unread emails
>not using small buttons icons for firefox to save vertical space
>8 tabs open
4/10

>>31267208 (OP)
Yes, but how do you feel about sentence structure?

>>31267774
What's important is that you're able to. I'm a programmer and I use free software, doesn't mean I go into every single program I install to modify it. I hardly ever do actually, because everything works the way I want it to out of the box. But I know that other people will, and I benefit from their work when they do. And if I ever need to do it myself I can. Free software (don't really care about open source) is about being allowed, you and anybody, to modify your tools, not necessarily doing it. Even as an user you benefit from it.

>>31267777
How about 'don't buy a hammer that is only usable between 7 am and 4 pm and disallows shaft replacements' because that's what using proprietary software is analogous to.

I'll take the hammer next to it that I will end up owning.

>>31267800
Maybe because people buy shit parts that cost 20 dollars, and end up ruining other parts of the car?

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vote with your dollars
where is your money going?

>>31267835
not on any other car brand except volkswagen
ford even tells you which kinds of aftermarket parts are fine to use

>>31267815
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_mean_square

>Bill Gates

http://www.democracynow.org/2007/1/9/report_gates_foundation_causing_harm_with

>>31267845
>>31267845
How does he become so rich from something Open like Linux

>>31267836
>Then I proceeded to download Debian and after 2 hours I was running GNU/Linux.
Microsoft still got your money.

>>31267923
Yeah I don't think Stallman has not even a thousand dollars. If he had, he would probably donate it to the FSF

>>31267923
lel gets me every time

>>31267882
I have a double-barrel surname, doesn't make me a member of the English aristocracy.

>>31267903
>not using small buttons icons for firefox to save vertical space
what? how? interested

>>31267861
Oh SHUT THE FUCK UP will you?
Nobody ever read them TOS, nobody ever knows they exist.
YES legally you aren't allowed to do so, legally you're not allowed to download certain imaged from the internet, yet I doubt you check for copyrights when downloading images.
Laws are flawed, and they are distant from reality.

>>31267827
Except there's money to be made from collecting user data. Also plenty of software report home already, see windows, skype, chrome. You're free to not give a shit but you're an idiot if you call that being paranoid. I doubt chainsaw manufacturers would get anything from data mining the chainsawing habits of their users.

>>31267951
He does give most of his income to the FSF.

>>31267882
He was a middle class man when he started Microsoft you retard.

>>31267347
>the general complexity of proprietary software over freedom

>it doesnt count because its inherently worse

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>>31267931
Oh wow, ahahahaha! Keep sucking that dick, Gates lovers! He causes just as much harm as good, which means the shit he does is pointless! He's still a fucking scumbag piece of shit!

Keeping herds of overbreeding negros alive is a service to humanity.
Whatever you say, leftist weirdos...

>>31267978
Me: You are not allowed to modify Windows. (No source)
You: Yes I am! (no source)
Me: No you're not. (sourced)
You: yes I am! (still no source)

Read the damn EULA next time duckling.

>>31268008
What harm does he cause?
>inb4 muh freebums ;_;

I live under a rock. What's going on with Bill?

>>31267896
Is that Waz-Warez? I think that was the name of the site that used that logo 8 years ago or so. I'm old.

>>31267874

No we're talking about if the machine had pre-built O.S ppl would use it similar to having a gun pointed at your head.

Try and keep up bro.

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>>31268008
Well I am a Windows user and I could care less about what happens in africa. They could give my share to any war lord and I couldn't care less.

>>31268025
Watch the video.

>>31267926
>ford even tells you which kinds of aftermarket parts are fine to use

but it still VOIDS YOUR WARRANTY

>>31268041
>I could care less
So this is the average intelligence of Windows users.

>>31267902
>The point I was trying to make is that most of hte people aren't knowledgeable into installing a different O.S. and use the machine with what's already in it.


Ooohh so that's your point?
You see, that's where your logic is flawed
right here look:
>hte people aren't knowledgeable
Is it MS fault for not letting the whole market know of their competition?
Is Mercedes Benz gonna argue with you if you buy their cars?
Is Volkswagen gonna give you a panflet with a list of competitors?
No, it's a capitalist society moron, that means "every man for himself", or "every company for itself"
If the consumer doesn't even make an effort to learn about the competition and alternatives, it's not really MS's fault, is it?

People are free to chose between free software and MS Windows, yet they don't make an effort to read about shit.
That's because they don't care.
Why they don't care, you might ask?
Cause MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, MS Windows gives them the tools they need, and they care not for
>muh freedums

>>31267980
>. I doubt chainsaw manufacturers would get anything from data mining the chainsawing habits of their users.

They would, just not enough to warrant the expense of doing it.

>>31267541
>you do realize that if 'Murica spent like, half their military bugdet on feeding the poor, world hunger would be solved?

So if america sent even more money to feed starving africans too stupid to farm for themselves it would allow them to live long enough to reproduce even faster and create an even more populous starving continent for years until it would consumer more than the gdp of the usa to feed?

you do realize this is like feeding stray cats right? "its so they arent hungry" logic that got them into that situation in the first place

donations are the problem not the solution, and do indeed bankrupt poor farmers.

>>31268025
Giving direct aid to anyone harms them in the long run because they become dependent on it.

Keep the direct aid for natural disasters and suchlike. In the meantime teach them how to farm and learn.

I don't come to /g/ very often.

What is RMS and why is this suddenly something important?

>>31268050
nope

>>31267656

>Proprietary software is modern day capitalism.

Proprietary software developers take advantage of a monopoly gained through the government-granted systems of copyright and patents. That's a model inherently opposed to laissez-faire capitalism (not that copyright and patents are intrinsically a bad thing.)

If you examine how free software utilises copyright, you'll find that it's much more in line with the free market ideology.

>>31268079
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_mean_square

>>31268044
>Charity with diverse investments.
Nothing wrong with that.

>>31267911
That's not a correct analogy
You see, propietary software's main feature is it's productiviy and stability for the AVERAGE user, that means that they find no inconveniences while using it, AS LONG as they make a minimum effort to learn how to use the tool.
In your analogy, the tool is fucking useless.

>>31268025

>But the LA Times investigation reveals the Gates Foundation’s humanitarian concerns are not reflected in how it invests its money. In the Niger Delta — where the Foundation funds programs to fight polio and measles–the Foundation has also invested more than $400 million dollars in companies including Royal Dutch Shell, Exxon Mobil Corp, and Chevron. These oil firms have been responsible for much of the pollution many blame for respiratory problems and other afflictions among the local population.

>Overall, the LA Times says nearly $9 billion in Gates Foundation money is tied up in companies whose practices run counter to the foundation’s charitable goals and social mission. And that number may be understated–the Gates Foundation has not provided details on more than four billion dollars in investments it says are loans.

>>31268129
see
>>31268112

>>31268092
General-purpose patents are a bad thing.

With copyrights it's a matter of length and proper distinction between consumers and publishers as well as between commercial and noncommercial work.

Early copyright actually placed restrictions on the publisher to preserve the rights of the author. Of course those laws would be deprecated in a world with zero-effort redistribution but they'd be a hell of a lot less harmful that current copyright law.

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>>31268103
And this is why you guys are faggots and I rarely come here.

After searching it up I see it's the initials of stallman (missed it the first time I looked it up), you could've said that instead of shitposting.

>>31267946
So fucking what?
If Debian didn't get muh money, it's cause they decided not to charge for it
MS did, big fucking deal. That money (not nowadays, but a few years ago) went to William, who then donated part of it to starvating children.
I don't see the FSF doing shit bout dying people, just yelling FREEDUMS IS IMPORTANT SHEEPLS, WAKE UP!11!!

>>31268118

>You see, propietary software's main feature is it's productiviy and stability

No. That's not a constant or inherent feature of proprietary software at all.

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>>31267911
I don't know what are you referring to. I downloaded my hex fixer for enabling 24/7 functionality some guy did, so I haven't to think about it and compile every time, thus saving the individual's majory endless time giving them a perfect tool.

>FREE: engineer makes software
PROP: engineer makes software
>FREE: gives people the right to use and modify, thus making people work on his project and he can be a lazy cunt
PROP: gots paid for making the software, so he didn't give a fuck about the sellings
>FREE: nobody gives a shit about improving that shit nobody uses, till a genious promise comes with a new feature and adds it because he is learning.
PROP: everybody agrees of the program being useful, so many of cracker crews compete for doing the best reverse engineering and release it free for everybody
>FREE: creator works for a propietary software maker because he must eat. Program gots deprecated and the work got lost with this. Grow his beard and buys the stallmanite pack.
PROP: crackers still got cracking in a interesting cat and mice work and gives a free alternative to anybody able to use and find his program, so users can learn how to USE the objectively better programs properly with freedom.

What would be GIMP without a photoshop for copying? What is the interest of cloning windows dlls from 0 in wine?

>>31268135

It's not a "charity with diverse investments". That's a deflective euphemism. It's a charity that invests its money counter-productively and hypocritically.

>>31268118
In my analogy the tool is perfectly fine to use between 7 and 4. That nonexistent market 'the average person', in my analogy, works 7-4.

Want to do carpentry in your spare time? Too fucking bad.

>>31268061

still missing the point, and a whole lot of it.

bad analogy btw, you have the option to choose cars unlike microsoft who force oem companies to put their O.S. on the machine

keyword; FORCE OEM COMPANIES

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>>31267980
If youre so scared from MS selling how you browse on 4chan all day long, I'm sorry to tell you but your parents failed at raising you.

>>31267896
wtf are you saying, asspie?

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>>31268166
Sweet counter argument.

Gotta love how productive I can be with Bonzi Buddy!

>>31268177
>not covering both basses
Do you even invest?

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>>31268208
>cherry picking

>>31268013
You people believe in freedome, yet you treat fellow humans by their skin color
>/g/ logic

>>31268166

If I were to develop a proprietary application, does that mean it's productive and stable right off the bat? Or does it mean that productivity and stability of the software were my main goals simply because my application has a proprietary license?

What you said is completely asinine.

so many morons here and most of them are windows fag

no surprise there

im outta here, its killing my brain cells debating/arguing with morons

/abandon thread

>>31268209
>not covering both basses

Most bands only have one.

>>31268147
No, 'rms' means 'Richard M. Stallman' but when capitalized it means something completely different.

>>31267440
>american can't help themselves

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>>31268208
>>31268223

>>31268017
No, it was more like
You: You are not allowed to modify Windows. (No source)
Me: Yes I am (no source)
You: YESS HUR DURR READ THE TOS FAGGET
Me: Nobody gives a shit about stupid EULA, open your eyes.

>>31268229
That would be a bassist.

>>31268033
wat.
where the fuck did I even say that?

>>31268219

You made a blanket statement about all proprietary software, and were quickly made to look a fool.

It's not "cherry picking" to point out what you said is not true. Whether a piece of software is proprietary or not doesn't give you indications of its value for productivity or stability.

>>31267579
The diamonds are dug.
$2billions of them every year in Zimbabwe.
It's funny how they only have $200 in the bank.

>>31268219
That was the 20 most popular pieces of software on Cnet about a month ago. There is no cherry picking here.

It is also a perfect rebuttal to >>31268166 whereby you imply that productivity _is_ an inherent property of proprietary software.

>>31268253
This picture is pretty much what open sauce leads to. A bunch of unstable and unusable shit heaps. You mad jelly of our superiority, Linux fags?

>>31268153
So the boss of the mafia who donates half of his fortune made from blackmail and selling drugs is a better person than some guy who does voluntary work and doesn't have much money to donate after that?

>>31268069
You DO realize we live in the 21st century do you? Because you sound like an aristocrat from the 14th century
>THEM NIGGERS ARE STOOPID AND INFERIOR TO ME CAUSE I SAY SO

>>31268268
Who plays the bass

>>31268291
if he helps more people, yes

>>31268302
The fisherman.

>>31268291
It really depends on which produces more net utility

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>>31268274
>Implying i made that statement.

>>31268302
Me.

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>>31268173
For newfags:
>
stands for
>implying
not for
"quote"
or
>greentext story
or
>logical brainless flalw
>brainless flawl
>flawl
>nothing at all
>nothing at all
>nothing at all
>flawl

>>31268309
I like this because I was confused for a couple seconds then smirked and chuckled and the delay in getting the joke made it funnier

>>31268278
Exactly.

The idiots let the criminals in to what would be an otherwise exceptionally profitable and highly taxable source of revenue.

>>31268147
Mooom, some guy on /g/ trolled me!!! :(
mahbuthurts.jpg
I know i know, they're bad man, don't go in there anymoer.

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>>31268312
>Dat useful crash log

>>31267208 (OP)
If he actually eradicates Polio I will be be fearful as fuck of his power.

I mean to wipe out an entire disease. Fuck, that's only happened once before.

>>31268173
I agree.
Education>Freedom
>inb4 nobody get's over this point, because you can't do it.

>>31268158
Oh my lol.
MYSIDES.JPG
I installed Fedora, and had so many fucking problems with drivers and whatnot, I gave up.
Installed Win 7 and after 1 hour I was installing Firefox and browsing /g/
And no, I'm not claiming "it just werks lel" like an apple retard, I'm saying that generally GNU/Linux is not good for the average user.

>>31268291
Necons and other trash would have you believe so.

But it's all bullshit. Doing right upon all your peers is just much better than trashing some lives and making some others better.

>>31267896
Sorry, bad quoted.
>>31268028

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>>31268350
>Not knowing how to view the crash log

>>31268253
So you tried and failed to install gnu/linux once after you learnt steam was going to be available for it and now you're on a crusade against free software? Cute. You're lucky windows is there to make idiots like you feel smart and justified in your stupidity.

>>31268173
This is so much win, we can call it a day boys.
/thread.

>>31268365
All I'm getting here is 'I couldn't install fedora'.

You need to provide details about _why_ it didn't work before people stop thinking you're an idiot because Fedora has a much better installer than Windows.

>>31268350
>hal_initilization_failed
It says right there moron.

>>31268185
Well I don't even know how to carpentry wood, so it's ok
Oh what if I wanna learn?
I install Linux and spend hours learning
>GNU/Linux is not efficient for the avg user

>>31268153
>That money (not nowadays, but a few years ago) went to William, who then donated part of it to starvating children.

Obama's logic, take my money so he could give it to people who refuse to help themselves.

are you a fukn democrat too?
omg.

>>31268417
Yeah, you just have to poke at your screen until it gives details of the preceding events or reasons why the HAL failed.

Stupid freetards. Windows is perfect!

>>31268417
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>>31268388
>>31268371
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>>31268325
Guise look what i did
I know you didn't see it because 4chan+
>>31268173

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>>31268396
>All that projecting
Man you freetards are pathetic.