[geeks] Can't decide on an OS

[Phil Stracchino]

On 09/28/13 03:18, Mike Meredith wrote:
> And copyright, trade marks, etc. Whilst I'm not entirely sure that
> scrapping the whole lot without replacing it with _something_ to
> protect the "rights" of the inventor, it does seem that the current
> system has evolved into something that is more in the interest of
> lawyers than anybody else.

In a society where lawyers are the final arbiters of the rules by which
it operates, EVERYTHING eventually evolves into something that is more
in the interest of lawyers than of anybody else.


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