Re: [PLUG] Microsoft Run High School?

[Paul <emailme@dpagin.net>]

Adam Turoff wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 02:29:02PM -0400, Paul wrote:
>  
>
> > In my mind this could loosely parallel schools enforcing vaccinations.  
> >    
>
> There is no comparison between vaccinations (a public health measure) and
> software licensing.  Although you may see a connection, there isn't one.
>  

I never said there is a connection.  (Wasn't it Micro$oft that referred 
to Open Source as being "viral" in nature? 8^))

I see some mandatory vaccinations as public health concerns.  The 
comparison is in the fact that choices are made for us, for better or 
worse, by people with power who take no personal responsibility for the 
outcome.  The public has no choice but to accept the decisions, live 
with the reality they create, and possibly pay a high price for them.  
And most people do it with a smile.


> You don't have to send your children to a public school.
>
> You don't have to send your children to a Microsoft-partner school,
> either.
>  

Really?  Can I choose an Open Source school?  Can I choose a private 
school which will restore my right and responsibility to make informed 
decisions regarding my own kid, or are you referring to home schooling?



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