[ubuntu-za] Open Source Calendar for 2009

Matthew French matthew at gillyweed.co.za
Tue Nov 11 19:48:17 GMT 2008


On 11 Nov 2008, at 6:54 PM, Hannes Coetzee wrote:
> There has also been an
> increase in ads on one of the most popular radio stations in KZN  
> lately
> that people who report pirated software will get a reward of R100 000.
> It makes me sick.

I think it should make you happy, not sick. :)

Let's face it, the biggest competitor to Linux is not legal Windows,  
but pirated Windows software.[1]

And people who use Linux should have little reason to fear the BSA. If  
anything, the BSA are helping to convince Windows users to use Linux.

:)

- Matthew

[1] Ignoring OS-X, which has a more symbiotic relationship with Linux.  
Enemy of my enemy, etc...




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