--- NSK nsk2@wikinerds.org wrote:
On Thursday 03 March 2005 02:36, Sid Dabster wrote:
*** Proposal for a FLOSS/Linux Political Party ***
I like your idea.
Thanks
Anti-Microsoft
No, this is not a good idea. I wouldn't support an anti-M$ party, not because I love M$ (I don't), but because I would prefer pro-enduser policies instead of anti-anything rhetoric. A political party specifically being anti-M$ would draw too much attention by lawyers etc, so it wouldn't survive for too long.
Lawyers will not cause any problems, in the London parliament politicians are above libel laws. What could I say that M$ would object to, I have a message for Microsoft I dare you to sue me. Today I looked at a magazine (called SAM Revival) which mentioned a game called Bill Boxing the authors of which have not been attack by M$. If M$ really did sue, I know they must be afraid of us and that it would be a big public relations disaster for them like McLibel was for McDonalds.
Will the political party you suggest be international or focused only in a specific region/country?
Nikolaos S. Karastathis
World-wide like Linux
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